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Mount Vernon, MO

4,532 Population
4.1 square miles 1,105.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lawrence County: 39 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,347 ±$3,233 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lawrence County: $27,516 ±$1,217
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$49,153 ±$10,354 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lawrence County: $55,849 ±$5,275
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

18.5% ±7.9% (760  ±327) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 16.5% † 6,202 (±2.3% / ±868)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

24.1 minutes ±4 (40,550  ±8,983) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lawrence County: 24.7 361,355 (±1.1 / ±22,729)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

1,721 ±189 Number of households
  • Lawrence County: 14,694 ±275
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.4 ±0.3 (4,120  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lawrence County: 2.6 37,790 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

10.6% ±7.9% (95  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Lawrence County: 4.1% † 333 (±1.7% / ±138)
  • about double the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

1,961 ±209 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence County: 16,280 ±29
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$175,000 ±$27,892 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $159,800 ±$9,769
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

20.3% ±8.1% (888  ±352.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lawrence County: 13.3% † 5,043 (±2.7% / ±1,007.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

89.6% ±9.8% (2,696  ±352.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 85.5% 21,835 (±3.7% / ±948.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
18.1% ±5.6% (544  ±171.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 16.6% † 4,237 (±1.8% / ±453.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

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

1.7% ±1.4% (79  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Lawrence County: 3.5% 1,348
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

14.3% ±5.2% (483  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lawrence County: 8.3% † 2,367 (±1% / ±284)
  • nearly double the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
483 Total veterans ±177 457 Male ±165 26 Female ±30

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