Mount Vernon is a somewhat small city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 6,355 people and four associated neighborhoods, Mount Vernon is the 107th largest community in Indiana.Mount Vernon is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Vernon is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Vernon who work in sales jobs (12.35%), office and administrative support (10.98%), and teaching (7.32%). Also of interest is that Mount Vernon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Mount Vernon spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.70 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be. Mount Vernon is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Mount Vernon is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.28% of adults 25 and older in Mount Vernon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Mount Vernon in 2022 was $35,341, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,364 for a family of four. However, Mount Vernon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Mount Vernon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Vernon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mount Vernon include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Mount Vernon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
