Anacortes vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Mount Vernon has the higher population (35,312 vs 17,837 in Anacortes). Anacortes has the higher median household income ($89,788 vs $73,277 in Mount Vernon). Anacortes has the higher median home value ($647,700 vs $429,300 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Anacortes	Mount Vernon
Population	17,837	35,312
Median age	49.5 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$89,788	$73,277
Median home value	$647,700	$429,300
Median gross rent	$1,609	$1,255
Housing units	8,598	13,552
Homeownership rate	69.9%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anacortes	Mount Vernon
Population	16,977 → 17,837 (+5.1%)	35,026 → 35,312 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$71,844 → $89,788 (+25.0%)	$62,056 → $73,277 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$406,400 → $647,700 (+59.4%)	$269,100 → $429,300 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,193 → $1,609 (+34.9%)	$1,019 → $1,255 (+23.2%)

Anacortes

Population

16,97717,837

Median household income

$71,844$89,788

Median home value

$406,400$647,700

Median gross rent

$1,193$1,609

Mount Vernon

Population

35,02635,312

Median household income

$62,056$73,277

Median home value

$269,100$429,300

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anacortes	Mount Vernon
Under 5	3.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	17.9%	10.5%
75 and over	13.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anacortes	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	54.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.5%
Asian	1.7%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anacortes	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	3.8%	12.9%
High school graduate	17.8%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anacortes	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	72.0%	74.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	10.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.1%	11.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anacortes	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	77.0%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	8.4%
20 or more units	3.2%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Anacortes	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	7.9%	16.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1988	1987