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Mount Vernon township, Cerro Gordo County, IA

332 Population
36.3 square miles 9.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±28.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Cerro Gordo County: 44 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,351 ±$12,076 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cerro Gordo County: $41,560 ±$2,628
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

22.6% ±21.6% (75  ±89) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Cerro Gordo County: 10.6% † 4,406 (±1.4% / ±594)
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.3 minutes ±24.4 (3,045  ±2,854) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cerro Gordo County: 15.6 305,225 (±0.7 / ±17,033)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

115 ±81 Number of households
  • Cerro Gordo County: 19,538 ±376
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.1 (332  ±234) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Cerro Gordo County: 2.1 41,563 (±0 / ±26)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

19.6% ±24.5% (10  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Cerro Gordo County: 10.3% † 863 (±3.6% / ±302)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

129 ±83 Number of housing units
  • Cerro Gordo County: 22,786 ±38
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$258,300 ±$27,452 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Cerro Gordo County: $166,400 ±$6,119
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

100% ±88.2% (228  ±100.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cerro Gordo County: 94.8% 29,077 (±3.5% / ±1,095.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.1% ±13% (48  ±47) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cerro Gordo County: 24% 7,357 (±1.8% / ±540.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-fifths 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

N/A Foreign-born population

2.8% ±4.2% (7  ±12) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Cerro Gordo County: 7.9% † 2,669 (±0.8% / ±270)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
7 Total veterans ±12 7 Male ±12 N/A Female ±10

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