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Mount Vernon, NY

71,982 Population
4.4 square miles 16,388.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$38,932 ±$4,822 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,724 ±$410
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
$82,126 ±$11,777 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,852 ±$781
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653

16.8% ±6.5% (11,906  ±4,612) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.5% 2,457,925 (±0.3% / ±48,416)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)

33.4 minutes ±2.4 (1,013,390  ±113,106) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36.5 312,069,860 (±0.2 / ±2,124,253)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 33.2 279,586,620 (±0.2 / ±1,926,387)

Families

25,069 ±2,202 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,486,828 ±18,178
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
2.9 ±0.3 (71,392  ±65) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,506,840 (±0 / ±6,880)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964

6.7% ±4.7% (1,179  ±846) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.7% 223,867 (±0.2% / ±9,782)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)

Housing

27,180 ±2,357 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,129,556 ±3,255
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743

$513,300 ±$57,120 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $648,800 ±$2,533
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718

7% ±3.2% (4,959  ±2,255.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8.6% 1,701,255 (±0.2% / ±37,632.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)

Social

86.3% ±6.8% (42,246  ±4,248.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.5% 12,364,968 (±0.4% / ±61,462.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
36.6% ±4.9% (17,928  ±2,662.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 45% 6,366,678 (±0.3% / ±42,862.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)

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

37.3% ±5.9% (26,824  ±4,253) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.8% 6,143,359
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382

2.4% ±1.6% (1,290  ±889) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.4% 386,034 (±0.1% / ±10,262)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
1,290 Total veterans ±889 1,236 Male ±902 54 Female ±90

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