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Mount Vernon, IA Urban Area

5,995 Population
3.4 square miles 1,785.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,787 ±$3,647 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$105,972 ±$15,142 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.3% ±5.5% (359  ±272) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.8 minutes ±2.1 (50,410  ±8,631) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,955 ±177 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (4,929  ±293) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.3% ±1.7% (38  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,070 ±166 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$233,400 ±$16,594 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.6% ±2.8% (629  ±169.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±8.6% (3,053  ±363.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.2% ±6.5% (1,294  ±234.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.4% ±1.2% (144  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±2.4% (317  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
317 Total veterans ±111 274 Male ±105 43 Female ±41

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