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Mount Vernon, WA

35,120 Population
12.3 square miles 2,855.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 41.5 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$33,522 ±$2,347 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $41,191 ±$948
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $48,685 ±$231
$69,227 ±$5,111 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $82,029 ±$2,066
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $90,325 ±$433

17.7% ±3.2% (6,065  ±1,104) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 12% † 15,305 (±1.2% / ±1,585)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 747,538 (±0.2% / ±12,498)

23.7 minutes ±1.5 (319,535  ±26,286) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 26.6 1,359,195 (±0.7 / ±49,742)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 27.3 86,033,296 (±0.1 / ±396,856)

Families

12,942 ±425 Number of households
  • the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 50,824 ±490
  • Washington: 2,979,272 ±5,779
2.7 ±0.1 (34,361  ±106) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 2.5 127,567 (±0 / ±88)
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,535,102

5.7% ±2.2% (439  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 5.7% † 1,528 (±1.2% / ±316)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,119 (±0.1% / ±2,538)

Housing

13,233 ±430 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 55,875 ±122
  • Washington: 3,216,243 ±644

$385,200 ±$14,858 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $444,300 ±$7,530
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $473,400 ±$1,571

15% ±2.5% (5,211  ±,886.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 13.2% 16,976 (±1.1% / ±1,444.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 15.9% 1,213,002 (±0.2% / ±14,919.5)

Social

87.1% ±4% (20,070  ±1,031.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 90.8% 83,545 (±1.9% / ±1,761.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 92.1% 4,923,665 (±0.3% / ±17,432.6)
24.7% ±2.3% (5,695  ±,546.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 28.7% 26,388 (±1% / ±,938.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 38% 2,029,443 (±0.2% / ±10,889.6)

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

16.1% ±1.5% (5,658  ±526) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 9.4% 12,194
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 14.9% 1,143,428

6.8% ±1% (1,770  ±255) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 10.3% 10,337 (±0.6% / ±589)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 8.4% 499,332 (±0.1% / ±4,883)
1,770 Total veterans ±255 1,606 Male ±241 164 Female ±74

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