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POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR Mount Vernon, IA Cedar Rapids, IA (Bever Ave/34th St), Cedar Rapids, IA (Otis), Fairfax, IA, Marion, IA (Bertram), Marion, IA (Collins Rd/22nd St), Marion, IA (Vernon View), Mount Vernon, IA, Solon, IA, Springville, IA, Swisher, IA
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| MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE | $164,344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RENTAL PRICE | high cost relative to IA, low cost relative to the nation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL, & CHARACTER |
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| THE SETTING | Suburban (based on population density), farms |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Single-family homes, some Small apartment buildings, some Mobile homes, some Complexes/high rise apartments, a few Rowhouses & attached homes |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Small dwellings (1, 2 or no bedrooms), a few Large dwellings (4, 5 or more bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier), some Established but not old (Built 1970 - 1994), some Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), a few Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later) |
| HOME OWNERSHIP | Mixed owners & renters |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | mostly Urban Sophisticates |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | mostly Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Mixed ages, some College students (people currently attending college), some Seniors (people 65 and over) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 8 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Upper middle income (well-above average income for America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Sales & Service workers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Manufacturing & Laborers |
| ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY | mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Italian ancestry |
| LANGUAGES | mostly English speaking, some Spanish speaking |
School Rating Information
LISBON COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT School District
567 Students enrolled in District
| DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best) |
7 |
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| Better than: of IA school districts |
62.5% |
DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO U.S. (10 is best) |
8 |
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| Better than: of US school districts |
71.2% |
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM |
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| 14 |
| STATE AVERAGE 14 |
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)
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| SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT | GRADES |
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| LISBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 235 W SCHOOL ST, LISBON, IA 52253 (319) 455-2659 |
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| LISBON HIGH SCHOOL 235 W SCHOOL ST, LISBON, IA 52253 (319) 455-2106 |
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| LISBON MIDDLE SCHOOL 235 W SCHOOL ST, LISBON, IA 52253 (319) 455-2659 |
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| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 98.7 | 86.6 |
| BLACK (%) | 0.8 | 5.1 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 0.3 | 5.8 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 13.1 | 31.9 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $4,206 | $2,385,000 | 43.3 |
| SUPPORT EXPENDITURES | |||
| STUDENT | $131 | $74,000 | 1.3 |
| STAFF | $242 | $137,000 | 2.5 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $388 | $220,000 | 4.0 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $444 | $252,000 | 4.6 |
| OPERATION | $947 | $537,000 | 9.8 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $265 | $150,000 | 2.7 |
| OTHER | $152 | $86,000 | 1.6 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $2,568 | $1,456,000 | 26.5 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $2,929 | $1,661,000 | 30.2 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $9,704 | $5,502,000 | 100.0 |
Mount Vernon EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT  |
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| ADULTS IN Mount Vernon WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 34.1 |
| CHILDREN IN Mount Vernon LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 6.8 |
Mount Vernon Appreciation Rates
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| PERIOD | TOTAL APPRECIATION | AVG. ANNUAL RATE | COMPARED TO IA* |
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| Since 1990 |  165.89%
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About Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon is a somewhat small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 5,181 people and just one neighborhood, Mount Vernon is the 77th largest community in Iowa. Mount Vernon has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mount Vernon is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Vernon is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Vernon who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.00%), management occupations (10.12%), and teaching (9.95%).
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.
Mount Vernon is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Mount Vernon area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Mount Vernon maintain a good economy.
Because of many things, Mount Vernon is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Mount Vernon really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Mount Vernon perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.38 minutes getting to work every day.
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.
Mount Vernon Information and Demographics
The citizens of Mount Vernon are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.58% of adults in Mount Vernon have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mount Vernon in 2000 was $20,015, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,060 for a family of four.
The people who call Mount Vernon home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mount Vernon is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Mount Vernon include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, Czech, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Mount Vernon is English.
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