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Mount Vernon, WA

35,377 Population
12.3 square miles 2,876.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 42.1 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1

Economics

$37,069 ±$2,071 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $45,140 ±$907
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
$75,777 ±$5,049 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $89,263 ±$2,583
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414

16.1% ±2.9% (5,587  ±994) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 11.6% 15,068 (±1% / ±1,337)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)

22.9 minutes ±1.5 (308,225  ±27,905) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 26.4 1,334,145 (±0.6 / ±43,690)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)

Families

13,363 ±486 Number of households
  • the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 52,329 ±421
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
2.6 ±0.1 (34,649  ±54) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 2.5 129,505 (±0 / ±54)
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923

4.8% ±2% (379  ±162) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 5% † 1,364 (±0.9% / ±246)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)

Housing

13,623 ±458 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 57,050 ±80
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517

$472,300 ±$15,730 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $545,100 ±$11,795
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940

12.9% ±2% (4,513  ±690.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 11.9% 15,480 (±0.9% / ±1,209.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)

Social

88.4% ±3.7% (20,792  ±1,032.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 91.7% 86,747 (±1.9% / ±1,759.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
27.9% ±2.3% (6,558  ±575.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 30.2% 28,578 (±0.9% / ±891.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)

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

16.4% ±1.7% (5,817  ±616) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 9% 11,811
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843

6.7% ±1% (1,771  ±263) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 9.4% 9,667 (±0.5% / ±539)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
1,771 Total veterans ±263 1,542 Male ±226 229 Female ±97

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