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.
The percentage of people in Mount Vernon with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.21% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mount Vernon in 2022 was $19,933, which is lower middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $79,732 for a family of four. However, Mount Vernon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mount Vernon also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.53% of its population below the federal poverty line.
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 Native American. Important ancestries of people in Mount Vernon include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Mount Vernon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
