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Mount Vernon, WA

35,502 Population
12.3 square miles 2,886.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 37.8 ±0.2

Economics

$29,063 ±$1,721 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $35,172 ±$902
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $40,837 ±$198
$63,194 ±$4,069 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $71,021 ±$1,546
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $77,006 ±$296

15% ±2.9% (5,163  ±992) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 10.7% 13,461 (±1% / ±1,300)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 10.2% 751,044 (±0.2% / ±12,849)

25.8 minutes ±1.9 (369,675  ±33,039) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 26.1 1,363,620 (±0.8 / ±51,832)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 28 92,400,305 (±0.1 / ±456,639)

Families

12,679 ±435 Number of households
  • the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 49,263 ±479
  • Washington: 2,905,822 ±5,585
2.7 ±0.1 (34,705  ±184) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 2.6 125,621 (±0 / ±232)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,365,480

4.6% ±1.9% (359  ±154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 4.4% † 1,170 (±0.8% / ±219)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 5.5% 96,936 (±0.1% / ±2,554)

Housing

13,120 ±402 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 54,317 ±193
  • Washington: 3,150,194 ±389

$308,900 ±$12,067 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $341,600 ±$5,679
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $366,800 ±$1,278

16% ±2.4% (5,639  ±848.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 13.9% 17,557 (±1.1% / ±1,357.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 17% 1,259,803 (±0.2% / ±14,297)

Social

85.9% ±4.1% (19,916  ±1,071.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 90.6% 81,522 (±2.1% / ±1,889.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 91.7% 4,768,368 (±0.3% / ±16,668.7)
24.4% ±2.4% (5,651  ±572.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 27.4% 24,691 (±1.1% / ±946.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 36.7% 1,907,238 (±0.2% / ±10,362)

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

16.4% ±1.8% (5,824  ±641) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 9.4% 11,985 (±0.6% / ±736)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,089,660 (±0.1% / ±8,722)

8.2% ±1.5% (2,158  ±393) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 10.9% 10,744 (±0.7% / ±646)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 8.9% 517,912 (±0.1% / ±5,610)
2,158 Total veterans ±393 1,949 Male ±327 209 Female ±133

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