Long Creek vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Mount Vernon has the higher population (429 vs 154 in Long Creek). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($44,844 vs $31,458 in Long Creek). Since 2019, Long Creek's population has grown faster (+4.1% vs -24.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Long Creek	Mount Vernon
Population	154	429
Median age	61.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$31,458	$44,844
Median home value	—	$132,600
Median gross rent	$575	$708
Housing units	84	260
Homeownership rate	84.1%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Creek	Mount Vernon
Population	148 → 154 (+4.1%)	565 → 429 (-24.1%)
Median household income	$31,875 → $31,458 (-1.3%)	$42,813 → $44,844 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$94,000 → $65,500 (-30.3%)	$95,600 → $132,600 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $575 (+10.6%)	$524 → $708 (+35.1%)

Long Creek

Population

148154

Median household income

$31,875$31,458

Median home value

$94,000$65,500

Median gross rent

$520$575

Mount Vernon

Population

565429

Median household income

$42,813$44,844

Median home value

$95,600$132,600

Median gross rent

$524$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Creek	Mount Vernon
Under 5	3.2%	1.4%
5 to 17	10.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	11.0%	14.5%
25 to 34	4.5%	17.7%
35 to 44	3.9%	4.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	7.1%	6.8%
65 to 74	22.1%	9.8%
75 and over	26.0%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Creek	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.5%	7.9%
Two or more races	19.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Creek	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	12.1%	8.4%
High school graduate	38.8%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Creek	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	28.9%	87.1%
Carpooled	23.7%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	26.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	13.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Creek	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	76.2%	40.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	58.1%

Poverty & households

	Long Creek	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	42.2%	7.9%
Average household size	2.23	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	33	47
Median year structure built	1958	1974