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Mount Vernon, IA Urban Area

6,074 Population
3.4 square miles 1,809.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$36,408 ±$4,118 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$99,722 ±$18,681 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

5.5% ±5.4% (279  ±272) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

21.7 minutes ±2.9 (50,850  ±8,681) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

1,942 ±155 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.3 (5,030  ±257) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

1.3% ±1% (22  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,047 ±174 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$234,600 ±$14,580 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9.2% ±2.3% (560  ±142.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

94.3% ±8.3% (3,169  ±355) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
41.4% ±6.6% (1,392  ±240.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

1.8% ±0.8% (107  ±49) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.5% ±2.1% (302  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
302 Total veterans ±98 267 Male ±93 35 Female ±35

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