Mount Vernon vs Prairie City

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

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

Prairie City has the higher population (739 vs 429 in Mount Vernon). Prairie City has the higher median household income ($49,702 vs $44,844 in Mount Vernon). Prairie City has the higher median home value ($186,400 vs $132,600 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	Prairie City
Population	429	739
Median age	37.3 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,844	$49,702
Median home value	$132,600	$186,400
Median gross rent	$708	$853
Housing units	260	473
Homeownership rate	81.1%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	Prairie City
Population	565 → 429 (-24.1%)	735 → 739 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $44,844 (+4.7%)	$49,609 → $49,702 (+0.2%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $132,600 (+38.7%)	$137,200 → $186,400 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$524 → $708 (+35.1%)	$738 → $853 (+15.6%)

Mount Vernon

Population

565429

Median household income

$42,813$44,844

Median home value

$95,600$132,600

Median gross rent

$524$708

Prairie City

Population

735739

Median household income

$49,609$49,702

Median home value

$137,200$186,400

Median gross rent

$738$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	Prairie City
Under 5	1.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	7.0%
18 to 24	14.5%	4.6%
25 to 34	17.7%	14.9%
35 to 44	4.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	6.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.7%
75 and over	18.2%	22.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	Prairie City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.0%
Some other race	7.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	Prairie City
No high school diploma	8.4%	4.8%
High school graduate	44.1%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	Prairie City
Drove alone	87.1%	63.3%
Carpooled	11.9%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	19.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	Prairie City
1-unit, detached	40.8%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.1%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	Prairie City
Poverty rate	7.9%	15.3%
Average household size	1.98	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	47	11
Median year structure built	1974	1971