Mount Vernon is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 71,999 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Mount Vernon is the 12th largest community in New York.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, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Vernon who work in office and administrative support (10.80%), management occupations (9.83%), and healthcare suport services (9.71%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.71% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Mount Vernon, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.76 minutes every day commuting to work. It is, however, a pedestrian-friendly city. Many of its neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot. In addition, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead. For the size of the city, public transportation in Mount Vernon is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Mount Vernon, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.The citizens of Mount Vernon are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.94% of adults in Mount Vernon have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Mount Vernon in 2022 was $42,311, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $169,244 for a family of four. However, Mount Vernon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mount Vernon is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. 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 Black or African-American, followed by White. Mount Vernon also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.27% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mount Vernon include Jamaican, Italian, Irish, African, and Portuguese. In addition, Mount Vernon has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (32.96%). The most common language spoken in Mount Vernon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
