Mount Vernon is a somewhat small city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 6,383 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 (11.33%), office and administrative support (10.75%), and teaching (7.46%). 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. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.66 minutes getting to work every day.The education level of Mount Vernon citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.67% of adults 25 and older in Mount Vernon have a college degree. The per capita income in Mount Vernon in 2022 was $35,228, which is wealthy relative to Indiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,912 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.
