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Mount Vernon, KY

2,259 Population
2.8 square miles 802.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 36.6 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,075 ±$4,148 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: $30,897 ±$895
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$38,639 ±$6,997 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: $58,837 ±$1,981
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

27.2% ±9.1% (561  ±205) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 17.7% 20,826 (±1.3% / ±1,536)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

20.5 minutes ±4.4 (16,275  ±5,223) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 26.8 1,361,535 (±0.8 / ±51,369)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

957 ±136 Number of households
  • the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 49,050 ±549
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.1 ±0.1 (2,044  ±297) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 2.4 118,072 (±0 / ±127)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

6.1% ±4.4% (31  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 4.9% † 1,525 (±0.8% / ±258)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

1,140 ±139 Number of housing units
  • the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 54,144 ±69
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$100,500 ±$31,185 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: $189,000 ±$7,746
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

16.4% ±6.1% (364  ±144.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 14.8% 18,223 (±1.2% / ±1,439.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

75.7% ±6.7% (1,280  ±190.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 88.2% 71,119 (±2.3% / ±1,879)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
11.6% ±4.5% (196  ±80.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 28.2% 22,739 (±1.4% / ±1,090.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

1.4% ±1.7% (31  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 2.3% 2,854
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

4.5% ±2.1% (84  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 7% 6,816 (±0.6% / ±607)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
84 Total veterans ±41 84 Male ±41 N/A Female ±13

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