Mount Vernon vs Wakefield

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

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

Mount Vernon has the higher population (13,120 vs 12,024 in Wakefield). Wakefield has the higher median household income ($221,793 vs $156,875 in Mount Vernon). Wakefield has the higher median home value ($826,100 vs $779,800 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	Wakefield
Population	13,120	12,024
Median age	44.0 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$156,875	$221,793
Median home value	$779,800	$826,100
Median gross rent	$1,643	$3,501
Housing units	5,005	3,765
Homeownership rate	73.4%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.8%	73.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	Wakefield
Population	13,113 → 13,120 (+0.1%)	11,554 → 12,024 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$146,250 → $156,875 (+7.3%)	$155,729 → $221,793 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$627,900 → $779,800 (+24.2%)	$632,600 → $826,100 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $1,643 (+11.6%)	$2,877 → $3,501 (+21.7%)

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

Wakefield

Population

11,55412,024

Median household income

$155,729$221,793

Median home value

$632,600$826,100

Median gross rent

$2,877$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	Wakefield
Under 5	6.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	21.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.8%	6.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	16.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.9%
75 and over	7.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	52.5%	61.1%
Black or African American	16.5%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	19.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	Wakefield
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	13.7%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	32.5%	40.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	Wakefield
Drove alone	56.4%	63.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.1%
Public transit	2.8%	2.9%
Walked	1.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	25.9%	26.5%
Other means	3.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	74.1%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	Wakefield
Poverty rate	7.5%	2.5%
Average household size	2.69	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1967	1968