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Mount Vernon, AL

1,339 Population
5.5 square miles 244.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±8.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,345 ±$6,119 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: $33,306 ±$668
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,307 ±$13,998 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: $58,880 ±$1,273
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.8% ±8.5% (231  ±124) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 16.2% 65,608 (±0.8% / ±3,040)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.6 minutes ±1.9 (13,210  ±5,128) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 26.1 4,240,740 (±0.6 / ±109,605)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

443 ±103 Number of households
  • the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 161,665 ±1,065
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (1,280  ±316) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 2.5 404,584 (±0 / ±152)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.5% ±5.1% (21  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 6.1% † 6,001 (±0.8% / ±798)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

574 ±107 Number of housing units
  • the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 186,082 ±135
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$111,900 ±$21,086 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: $190,700 ±$3,688
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.6% ±8.2% (191  ±116.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 10.9% 44,483 (±0.6% / ±2,495.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.8% ±30.1% (825  ±191.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 89.4% 250,599 (±1.4% / ±3,837.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.1% ±14% (219  ±144.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 26% 72,843 (±0.8% / ±2,100.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • 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

0.6% ±0.9% (8  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 3.4% 14,193
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±3.5% (79  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 7.7% 24,214 (±0.4% / ±1,200)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
79 Total veterans ±42 69 Male ±40 10 Female ±11

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