Huntington vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Huntington has the higher population (13,250 vs 13,120 in Mount Vernon). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($156,875 vs $99,580 in Huntington). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($779,800 vs $536,200 in Huntington).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington	Mount Vernon
Population	13,250	13,120
Median age	36.3 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$99,580	$156,875
Median home value	$536,200	$779,800
Median gross rent	$2,045	$1,643
Housing units	7,678	5,005
Homeownership rate	43.2%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.6%	63.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington	Mount Vernon
Population	13,334 → 13,250 (-0.6%)	13,113 → 13,120 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$95,930 → $99,580 (+3.8%)	$146,250 → $156,875 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$403,300 → $536,200 (+33.0%)	$627,900 → $779,800 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,744 → $2,045 (+17.3%)	$1,472 → $1,643 (+11.6%)

Huntington

Population

13,33413,250

Median household income

$95,930$99,580

Median home value

$403,300$536,200

Median gross rent

$1,744$2,045

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)

	Huntington	Mount Vernon
Under 5	5.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	7.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	24.9%	8.8%
35 to 44	16.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	16.3%
55 to 64	9.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	11.0%
75 and over	5.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	52.5%
Black or African American	12.7%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	10.0%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	1.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	9.9%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	31.9%	32.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	50.2%	56.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	10.4%
Public transit	14.2%	2.8%
Walked	1.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.1%	25.9%
Other means	1.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	9.6%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	20.5%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	9.9%
20 or more units	59.8%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Huntington	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	7.5%	7.5%
Average household size	1.89	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1978	1967