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Mount Vernon, WA

35,026 Population
12.3 square miles 2,848.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 41.5 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,049 ±$1,512 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $33,168 ±$838
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $38,915 ±$183
$62,056 ±$4,598 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $67,028 ±$1,786
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $73,775 ±$298

14.3% ±2.2% (4,857  ±752) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 12% 14,815 (±0.9% / ±1,168)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 10.8% 785,244 (±0.2% / ±11,622)

24.8 minutes ±1.5 (369,580  ±26,589) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 26 1,364,200 (±0.7 / ±42,937)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 28 93,771,990 (±0.1 / ±388,739)

Families

12,396 ±350 Number of households
  • the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 48,493 ±463
  • Washington: 2,848,396 ±5,857
2.8 ±0.1 (34,239  ±165) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 2.6 123,786 (±0 / ±287)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,258,060 (±0)

4.3% ±1.7% (337  ±137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 4.8% † 1,258 (±0.9% / ±229)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 5.4% 94,822 (±0.1% / ±1,984)

Housing

12,990 ±355 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 53,893 ±222
  • Washington: 3,106,528 ±825

$269,100 ±$11,966 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $306,000 ±$7,322
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $339,000 ±$970

18.7% ±3.1% (6,488  ±1,074.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 15.6% 19,454 (±1.3% / ±1,555.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 17.7% 1,296,044 (±0.2% / ±12,550.4)

Social

84.5% ±3.9% (19,323  ±944.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 90.2% 79,537 (±1.8% / ±1,548.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 91.3% 4,659,175 (±0.3% / ±14,822.3)
21.9% ±2% (5,017  ±462.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 26.2% 23,147 (±0.9% / ±793.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 36% 1,837,612 (±0.2% / ±8,960.3)

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

18% ±2.1% (6,320  ±735) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 10.3% 12,891 (±0.6% / ±729)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 14.3% 1,056,534 (±0.1% / ±8,351)

8.8% ±1.1% (2,274  ±280) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 11.2% 10,877 (±0.6% / ±531)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 9.3% 529,784 (±0.1% / ±4,366)
2,274 Total veterans ±280 2,065 Male ±277 209 Female ±102

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