Mount Vernon vs Newington

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

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

Newington has the higher population (13,824 vs 13,120 in Mount Vernon). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($156,875 vs $146,681 in Newington). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($779,800 vs $560,900 in Newington).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	Newington
Population	13,120	13,824
Median age	44.0 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$156,875	$146,681
Median home value	$779,800	$560,900
Median gross rent	$1,643	$2,662
Housing units	5,005	4,770
Homeownership rate	73.4%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.8%	59.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	Newington
Population	13,113 → 13,120 (+0.1%)	13,196 → 13,824 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$146,250 → $156,875 (+7.3%)	$135,843 → $146,681 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$627,900 → $779,800 (+24.2%)	$455,800 → $560,900 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $1,643 (+11.6%)	$2,221 → $2,662 (+19.9%)

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

Newington

Population

13,19613,824

Median household income

$135,843$146,681

Median home value

$455,800$560,900

Median gross rent

$2,221$2,662

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	Newington
Under 5	6.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.3%
45 to 54	16.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.3%
75 and over	7.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	Newington
White (non-Hispanic)	52.5%	44.1%
Black or African American	16.5%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	Newington
No high school diploma	4.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	13.7%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	32.5%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	Newington
Drove alone	56.4%	60.4%
Carpooled	10.4%	6.7%
Public transit	2.8%	4.1%
Walked	1.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.9%	26.0%
Other means	3.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	Newington
1-unit, detached	74.1%	39.5%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	58.4%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	Newington
Poverty rate	7.5%	2.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1967	1981