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Mount Vernon, NY

71,717 Population
4.4 square miles 16,328.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±2.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$43,284 ±$4,624 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $52,308 ±$402
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $47,421 ±$340
$68,075 ±$13,678 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $91,562 ±$610
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $79,557 ±$722

12.8% ±4.7% (9,121  ±3,309) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.8% 2,467,826 (±0.3% / ±58,831)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 14.3% 2,734,819 (±0.3% / ±62,913)

33.8 minutes ±4.1 (1,164,230  ±171,700) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 35.8 287,288,350 (±0.1 / ±1,794,548)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 33 265,264,500 (±0.1 / ±1,772,432)

Families

28,869 ±2,124 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,478,571 ±16,701
  • New York: 7,774,308 ±19,481
2.5 ±0.2 (71,082  ±43) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.6 19,217,686 (±0 / ±3,239)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,062,964

5% ±3.3% (902  ±600) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 5% 230,940 (±0.2% / ±8,795)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 5.1% 232,961 (±0.2% / ±8,582)

Housing

30,642 ±2,166 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 8,074,003 ±1,485
  • New York: 8,585,784 ±494

$382,000 ±$84,692 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $578,800 ±$2,855
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $400,400 ±$3,138

9% ±4.4% (6,318  ±3,122.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.7% 1,891,901 (±0.2% / ±40,396.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,027,524 (±0.2% / ±37,462)

Social

85.7% ±8.4% (45,478  ±4,730.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 87.6% 12,119,257 (±0.5% / ±61,879.3)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,211,028 (±0.4% / ±59,699)
33.7% ±5.3% (17,875  ±2,905.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 43.9% 6,080,212 (±0.3% / ±41,652.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 40% 5,556,561 (±0.3% / ±40,658.4)

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

35.9% ±5.9% (25,744  ±4,249) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.8% 5,849,896
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 22.7% 4,459,752

3.6% ±1.4% (2,069  ±831) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7% 419,007 (±0.1% / ±11,623)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 3.7% 580,856 (±0.1% / ±12,582)
2,069 Total veterans ±831 1,939 Male ±790 130 Female ±206

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