Mount Vernon is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 71,714 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Mount Vernon is the 12th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Mount Vernon was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country. Housing costs in Mount Vernon are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities 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 (11.33%), teaching (8.93%), and management occupations (8.52%). 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. In Mount Vernon, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.83 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 education level of Mount Vernon citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.15% of adults in Mount Vernon have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Mount Vernon in 2022 was $40,288, 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 $161,152 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 17.22% 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 (32.49%). The most common language spoken in Mount Vernon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
