Mount Vernon is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 4,550 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mount Vernon is the 152nd largest community in Missouri.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 service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Vernon who work in healthcare suport services (15.01%), sales jobs (10.79%), and management occupations (6.57%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.80% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. 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 citizens of Mount Vernon are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.17% of adults in Mount Vernon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Mount Vernon in 2022 was $24,853, which is middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,412 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, Irish, English, French, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Mount Vernon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
