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Mount Vernon city, Knox County, OH

16,802 Population
9.7 square miles 1,726.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Knox County: 39.4 ±0.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$30,897 ±$2,377 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Knox County: $34,636 ±$1,312
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$54,335 ±$6,735 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Knox County: $73,988 ±$4,066
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

18.5% ±3.8% (2,829  ±579) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Knox County: 11% † 6,530 (±1.6% / ±945)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

19.9 minutes ±2.8 (143,300  ±22,964) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Knox County: 26.9 687,340 (±1.3 / ±41,711)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

7,211 ±352 Number of households
  • Knox County: 23,435 ±457
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.2 ±0.1 (15,481  ±78) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Knox County: 2.5 59,464 (±0.1 / ±103)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

7.9% ±4.5% (333  ±193) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Knox County: 8% † 1,099 (±2.2% / ±299)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

7,973 ±382 Number of housing units
  • Knox County: 26,038 ±46
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$161,400 ±$8,540 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Knox County: $218,300 ±$6,668
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

13.6% ±3.3% (2,263  ±555) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Knox County: 10.5% † 6,532 (±1.4% / ±893.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

91.1% ±5.9% (10,466  ±774.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Knox County: 91.1% 37,810 (±3.3% / ±1,369.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
24.7% ±3.7% (2,836  ±431.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Knox County: 24.4% 10,105 (±1.9% / ±789.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 31% 2,514,129 (±0.2% / ±13,218.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.3% ±1% (379  ±167) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Knox County: 1.4% 870
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 5% 593,142

5.9% ±1.8% (796  ±246) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Knox County: 8% † 3,874 (±1.1% / ±506)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
796 Total veterans ±246 692 Male ±210 104 Female ±80

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