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Mount Vernon city, Knox County, OH

17,052 Population
9.9 square miles 1,719 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Knox County: 39.4 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,954 ±$3,069 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Knox County: $35,489 ±$1,276
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,845 ±$6,201 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Knox County: $73,878 ±$3,321
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.9% ±4.9% (3,395  ±759) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Knox County: 11.6% † 6,930 (±1.8% / ±1,092)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.4 minutes ±2 (127,655  ±17,811) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Knox County: 25.7 638,470 (±1.2 / ±39,097)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,100 ±387 Number of households
  • Knox County: 23,491 ±411
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (15,693  ±58) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Knox County: 2.5 59,776 (±0 / ±100)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.2% ±4.2% (346  ±180) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Knox County: 7.2% † 995 (±1.8% / ±249)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,806 ±387 Number of housing units
  • Knox County: 26,078 ±54
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$174,000 ±$9,738 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Knox County: $239,400 ±$7,634
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.1% ±4.2% (2,225  ±714) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Knox County: 10.2% † 6,359 (±1.7% / ±1,054.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.9% ±5.5% (10,212  ±743.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Knox County: 91% 37,985 (±3.3% / ±1,387.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.5% ±3.6% (2,643  ±413.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Knox County: 24.7% 10,287 (±1.7% / ±716.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.6% ±0.9% (437  ±151) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Knox County: 1.4% 859
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±1.8% (854  ±237) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Knox County: 7.8% † 3,773 (±1.1% / ±517)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
854 Total veterans ±237 713 Male ±204 141 Female ±92

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