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New York vs Mount Vernon

New York, NY compared with Mount Vernon, NY · 18 miles apart

New York has 8,584,629 residents to Mount Vernon’s 72,304. New York comes out ahead on median household income, bachelor's degree +, unemployment. Mount Vernon does better on median rent, homeownership, average commute.

New York, NY Mount Vernon, NY
Population 8,584,629 72,304
Density (per sq mi) 28,569 16,463
Median household income $80,483 $78,779
Median home value $777,600 $484,000
Median rent $1,821 $1,629
Homeownership 32.8% 42.9%
Average commute 40.3 min 35 min
Median age 38.2 40.7
Bachelor's degree + 41.6% 35.9%
Poverty rate 17.9% 14.7%
Unemployment 8% 9.3%
Price to income 9.7× 6.1×
Clear days a year 24 20
Days above 90°F 10 15

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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