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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mount Vernon is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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. A relatively large number of people in Mount Vernon telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.71% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. In Mount Vernon, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.76 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the city is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot. 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 population of Mount Vernon is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 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. Foreign born people are also an important part of Mount Vernon's cultural character, accounting for 32.96% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Mount Vernon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
