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Mount Vernon city, Westchester County, NY

71,168 Population
4.4 square miles 16,203.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±3.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Westchester County: 42.2 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$38,361 ±$4,287 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Westchester County: $69,410 ±$1,995
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
$77,190 ±$7,118 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Westchester County: $114,457 ±$4,373
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500

13.6% ±3.9% (9,641  ±2,745) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Westchester County: 9.2% † 88,835 (±1% / ±9,381)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)

33.6 minutes ±1.4 (1,083,895  ±99,223) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Westchester County: 35.4 14,909,075 (±0.6 / ±410,414)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)

Families

27,369 ±1,914 Number of households
  • Westchester County: 374,012 ±3,224
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
2.6 ±0.2 (70,654  ±31) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Westchester County: 2.6 964,512 (±0 / ±777)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246

5% ±4.2% (863  ±737) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Westchester County: 4.9% † 10,960 (±1% / ±2,104)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)

Housing

31,772 ±2,032 Number of housing units
  • Westchester County: 397,475 ±309
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832

$506,600 ±$53,781 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Westchester County: $645,700 ±$12,174
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220

7.1% ±2.7% (5,010  ±1,864.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Westchester County: 8.2% 80,013 (±0.8% / ±7,556.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)

Social

86.8% ±7% (44,144  ±4,084.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Westchester County: 89.4% 624,379 (±1.9% / ±13,154.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
35.4% ±4.8% (18,021  ±2,550.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Westchester County: 54.1% 377,772 (±1.4% / ±9,886.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)

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

28% ±4.3% (19,956  ±3,044) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Westchester County: 26.3% 260,797
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996

3% ±1.8% (1,683  ±1,032) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Westchester County: 2.6% † 20,243 (±0.3% / ±2,574)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
1,683 Total veterans ±1,032 1,272 Male ±958 411 Female ±408

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