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

Demographics

People

Total Population	547
Male Share of the Population	52.5%
Female Share of the Population	47.5%
Senior Citizens	7.3%
Employed Population 16+	284
Age of the Population	33

Families

% of people married	59.8%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	43.5%
Median Earnings25+	$36,500
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$30,938

Wealth

Median Family Income	$59,375
% Above Poverty Level	81.6%
% Below Poverty Level	18.4%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	29 minutes
% Working from Home	7.7%
% Walking and Biking to Work	2.8%
% Using Public Transportation	1.1%

Housing

People Living Alone	28.9%
Median Gross Rent	$660
Median House Value	$100,600

Ancestry

German	38.2%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	29.4%
Norwegian	13.9%
Irish	10.2%
Dutch	6%
Swedish	4%
Czech	3.8%
Polish	2%
English	1.5%
French Except Basque	1.1%
Hungarian	0.9%
Russian	0.7%
Italian	0.4%
Welsh	0.2%
Scottish	0.2%
Finnish	0.2%
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Mount Vernon Almanac

Category	Value
County	Davison County
Standard Zip Codes	57363
Phone Area Codes	605
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	43.71
Approximate Longitude	-98.26

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	MITCHELL 2 N
Distance	12.3 miles
Jan Temp	4 to 26 F
Apr Temp	35 to 59 F
Jul Temp	62 to 86 F
Oct Temp	36 to 62 F
Annual Precip	22.8 inches

Station	WHITE LAKE
Distance	22.9 miles
Jan Temp	7 to 27 F
Apr Temp	36 to 60 F
Jul Temp	62 to 87 F
Oct Temp	37 to 62 F
Annual Precip	21.5 inches

Station	ALEXANDRIA
Distance	24.2 miles
Jan Temp	6 to 27 F
Apr Temp	35 to 61 F
Jul Temp	63 to 87 F
Oct Temp	38 to 63 F
Annual Precip	22.7 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Corsica	614	$71,181
Ethan	397	$59,500
Letcher	240	$71,875
Mitchell	15,722	$66,110
Plankinton	660	$65,625
Stickney	318	$55,139

Mount Vernon Public Schools

Mount Vernon Elementary - 02
500 N Main
ZIP: 57363
(605) 236-5237
Primary
Total Enrollment 96

Mount Vernon High School- 01
500 N Main
ZIP: 57363
(605) 236-5237
High
Total Enrollment 68

Mount Vernon Middle School - 03
500 N Main
ZIP: 57363
(605) 236-5237
Middle
Total Enrollment 43

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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