Mount Vernon is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Mount Vernon who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.91% of the adults in Mount Vernon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mount Vernon in 2022 was $27,767, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,068 for a family of four. However, Mount Vernon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mount Vernon is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. 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. 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 20.97% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mount Vernon include European, German, Irish, English, and Russian.
The most common language spoken in Mount Vernon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.
