Mount Vernon vs Seneca

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

Mount Vernon and Seneca 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 119 in Seneca). Seneca has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $44,844 in Mount Vernon). Seneca has the higher median home value ($157,100 vs $132,600 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	Seneca
Population	429	119
Median age	37.3 yrs	58.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,844	$76,250
Median home value	$132,600	$157,100
Median gross rent	$708	—
Housing units	260	93
Homeownership rate	81.1%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	Seneca
Population	565 → 429 (-24.1%)	262 → 119 (-54.6%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $44,844 (+4.7%)	$47,344 → $76,250 (+61.1%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $132,600 (+38.7%)	$70,000 → $157,100 (+124.4%)
Median gross rent	$524 → $708 (+35.1%)	$619 → $713 (+15.2%)

Mount Vernon

Population

565429

Median household income

$42,813$44,844

Median home value

$95,600$132,600

Median gross rent

$524$708

Seneca

Population

262119

Median household income

$47,344$76,250

Median home value

$70,000$157,100

Median gross rent

$619$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	Seneca
Under 5	1.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	2.5%
18 to 24	14.5%	2.5%
25 to 34	17.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	4.9%	3.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	21.0%
55 to 64	6.8%	21.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	19.3%
75 and over	18.2%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	3.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	Seneca
No high school diploma	8.4%	16.5%
High school graduate	44.1%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	Seneca
Drove alone	87.1%	85.5%
Carpooled	11.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	14.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	Seneca
1-unit, detached	40.8%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.1%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	Seneca
Poverty rate	7.9%	10.1%
Average household size	1.98	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	47	19
Median year structure built	1974	1938