Mount Vernon, Missouri - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	4,493
Male Share of the Population	49.9%
Female Share of the Population	50.1%
Senior Citizens	26.8%
Employed Population 16+	1,828
Age of the Population	47

Families

% of people married	48.1%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	6.3%
Median Earnings25+	$28,633
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$21,472
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$27,164

Wealth

Median Family Income	$49,233
% Above Poverty Level	85.2%
% Below Poverty Level	14.8%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	18 minutes
% Working from Home	2.6%
% Walking and Biking to Work	2.7%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	37.9%
Median Gross Rent	$671
Median House Value	$99,800

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	23.2%
German	22.1%
Irish	12.5%
English	9.2%
Italian	2.4%
Polish	1.8%
Scottish	1.5%
Dutch	1.2%
French Except Basque	1.1%
Norwegian	0.8%
Austrian	0.6%
Welsh	0.4%
Swedish	0.4%
Canadian	0.3%
Hungarian	0.1%
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Mount Vernon Almanac

Category	Value
County	Lawrence County
Standard Zip Codes	65712
Phone Area Codes	417
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	37.1
Approximate Longitude	-93.81

Mount Vernon Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	MT VERNON M U SW CTR
Distance	4.4 miles
Jan Temp	18 to 42 F
Apr Temp	42 to 67 F
Jul Temp	65 to 90 F
Oct Temp	43 to 71 F
Annual Precip	45.3 inches

Station	MONETT 4 SW
Distance	18.3 miles
Jan Temp	22 to 41 F
Apr Temp	45 to 67 F
Jul Temp	68 to 88 F
Oct Temp	47 to 69 F
Annual Precip	44.9 inches

Station	LOCKWOOD
Distance	20.7 miles
Jan Temp	21 to 41 F
Apr Temp	43 to 67 F
Jul Temp	68 to 91 F
Oct Temp	47 to 71 F
Annual Precip	46.3 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Aurora	7,435	$44,904
Freistatt	181	$40,714
La Russell	121	$27,500
Miller	756	$42,778
Stotts City	129	$0
Verona	481	$33,056

Mount Vernon Hospitals

Missouri Rehabilitation Center
(Government - State)
600 North Main Mt.
(417) 466-3711

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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