Mount Vernon is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 4,571 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mount Vernon is the 152nd largest community in Missouri.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 service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Vernon who work in healthcare suport services (14.66%), teaching (10.03%), and sales jobs (9.54%). Of important note, Mount Vernon is also a city of artists. Mount Vernon has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Mount Vernon’s character. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.57% 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 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. 18.07% of adults 25 and older in Mount Vernon have a college degree. The per capita income in Mount Vernon in 2022 was $24,347, which is lower middle income relative to Missouri, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,388 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 Scottish. The most common language spoken in Mount Vernon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
