Martinsburg vs South Mount Vernon

A side-by-side comparison of Martinsburg and South Mount Vernon: population, income, housing, and more.

Martinsburg and South Mount Vernon are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South Mount Vernon has the higher population (702 vs 314 in Martinsburg). South Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($50,234 vs $49,375 in Martinsburg). Since 2019, Martinsburg's population has grown faster (+40.2% vs -9.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Martinsburg	South Mount Vernon
Population	314	702
Median age	38.8 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,375	$50,234
Median home value	$90,000	—
Median gross rent	$908	$1,073
Housing units	121	421
Homeownership rate	64.1%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martinsburg	South Mount Vernon
Population	224 → 314 (+40.2%)	778 → 702 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $49,375 (+14.5%)	$26,594 → $50,234 (+88.9%)
Median home value	$72,000 → $90,000 (+25.0%)	$58,200 → $65,000 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $908 (+37.0%)	$804 → $1,073 (+33.5%)

Martinsburg

Population

224314

Median household income

$43,125$49,375

Median home value

$72,000$90,000

Median gross rent

$663$908

South Mount Vernon

Population

778702

Median household income

$26,594$50,234

Median home value

$58,200$65,000

Median gross rent

$804$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Martinsburg	South Mount Vernon
Under 5	9.6%	10.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	12.4%	2.7%
25 to 34	8.0%	42.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	4.1%
55 to 64	5.7%	4.0%
65 to 74	22.0%	5.6%
75 and over	3.2%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martinsburg	South Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martinsburg	South Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	22.2%	0.8%
High school graduate	40.7%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martinsburg	South Mount Vernon
Drove alone	65.4%	82.8%
Carpooled	2.5%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	4.4%
Other means	22.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martinsburg	South Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	82.6%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Martinsburg	South Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	7.3%	45.2%
Average household size	3.05	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1942	1938