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Mount Vernon, KY

2,398 Population
2.8 square miles 852 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.2 ±4.9 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
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,952 ±$3,316 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: $31,243 ±$768
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$38,697 ±$7,691 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: $60,368 ±$1,598
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.7% ±10.7% (720  ±263) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 17.1% 20,451 (±1% / ±1,228)
  • about double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.3 minutes ±3.4 (16,530  ±4,491) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 26.3 1,343,205 (±0.7 / ±46,342)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

999 ±161 Number of households
  • the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 49,560 ±672
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (2,194  ±360) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 2.4 119,895 (±0 / ±120)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±3.8% (30  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 4.7% † 1,467 (±0.9% / ±283)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,162 ±149 Number of housing units
  • the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 54,711 ±102
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$111,400 ±$37,534 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: $201,500 ±$6,539
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.4% ±5.1% (385  ±133.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 13.9% 17,305 (±1.1% / ±1,320.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

77.7% ±2.6% (1,379  ±186.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 88.5% 72,396 (±2.2% / ±1,813.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.1% ±3.9% (214  ±74) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 28.8% 23,519 (±1.3% / ±1,046)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about one-third 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

1.4% ±1.4% (33  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 2.1% 2,656
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.5% ±2.5% (67  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 6.8% 6,701 (±0.6% / ±556)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
67 Total veterans ±49 67 Male ±49 N/A Female ±13

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