Groveton vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Groveton has the higher population (13,563 vs 13,120 in Mount Vernon). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($156,875 vs $109,665 in Groveton). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($779,800 vs $568,900 in Groveton).

Population, income & housing

	Groveton	Mount Vernon
Population	13,563	13,120
Median age	38.7 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$109,665	$156,875
Median home value	$568,900	$779,800
Median gross rent	$1,829	$1,643
Housing units	5,811	5,005
Homeownership rate	55.9%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	63.8%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Groveton	Mount Vernon
Population	16,516 → 13,563 (-17.9%)	13,113 → 13,120 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$95,259 → $109,665 (+15.1%)	$146,250 → $156,875 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$443,600 → $568,900 (+28.2%)	$627,900 → $779,800 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,610 → $1,829 (+13.6%)	$1,472 → $1,643 (+11.6%)

Groveton

Population

16,51613,563

Median household income

$95,259$109,665

Median home value

$443,600$568,900

Median gross rent

$1,610$1,829

Mount Vernon

Population

13,11313,120

Median household income

$146,250$156,875

Median home value

$627,900$779,800

Median gross rent

$1,472$1,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Groveton	Mount Vernon
Under 5	5.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	8.8%
35 to 44	17.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.0%
75 and over	6.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Groveton	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	37.8%	52.5%
Black or African American	18.6%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	9.6%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	30.6%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Groveton	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	12.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	17.9%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	32.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Groveton	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	57.7%	56.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	10.4%
Public transit	7.6%	2.8%
Walked	0.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	25.9%
Other means	2.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Groveton	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	33.0%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	24.2%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	26.2%	9.9%
20 or more units	12.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Groveton	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	13.5%	7.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1975	1967