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Most Expensive Mount Vernon Neighborhoods
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| 1 | Conway / Boone |
| 2 | Bee Lick / Ottawa |
| 3 | City Center |
REAL ESTATE IN POPULAR Mount Vernon NEIGHBORHOODS City Center, Bee Lick / Ottawa, Conway / Boone
POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR Mount Vernon, KY Crab Orchard, East Bernstadt, Eubank, Orlando, Paint Lick, Somerset
POPULATION
2,595
| MOUNT VERNON INFORMATION | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| POPULATION | 2,595 |
| NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS | 1,235 |
| MOUNT VERNON HOME OWNERSHIP | |
| % OWNER OCCUPIED | 57.41% |
| % RENTER OCCUPIED | 33.28% |
| % VACANT | 9.31% |
| TYPE OF MOUNT VERNON HOMES | |
| SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED | 58.46% |
| ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES | 0.57% |
| SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS | 5.10% |
| COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS | 14.66% |
| MOBILE HOMES | 21.21% |
| OTHER | 0.00% |
| SIZE OF MOUNT VERNON HOMES | |
| NO BEDROOM | 0.97% |
| 1 BEDROOM | 13.20% |
| 2 BEDROOMS | 34.74% |
| 3 BEDROOMS | 43.24% |
| 4 BEDROOMS | 6.72% |
| 5 OR MORE BEDROOMS | 1.13% |
| AGE OF HOMES | |
| NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) | 7.29% |
| ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) | 52.39% |
| WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) | 29.72% |
| HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) | 10.60% |
| MOUNT VERNON REAL ESTATE INFORMATION | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| MEDIAN HOME VALUE | $83,940 |
| MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE | $298 |
| HOME VALUE RANGE | |
| $0-$83,000 | 49.79% |
| $83,001-$167,000 | 35.54% |
| $167,001-$334,000 | 11.28% |
| $334,001-$501,000 | 3.39% |
| $501,001-$668,000 | 0.00% |
| $668,001-$835,000 | 0.00% |
| $835,001-$1,253,000 | 0.00% |
| $1,253,001-$1,671,000 | 0.00% |
| > $1,671,000 | 0.00% |
| PEOPLE OF Mount Vernon | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| POPULATION DISTRIBUTION | |
| UNDER 5 YEARS | 7.51% |
| 5 TO 17 | 13.72% |
| 18 TO 24 | 9.25% |
| 25 TO 34 | 16.30% |
| 35 TO 54 | 22.81% |
| 55 TO 64 | 10.91% |
| 65 YEARS AND OVER | 19.50% |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS | |
| HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES | 53.27% |
| COLLEGE GRADUATES | 11.14% |
| MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME | $16,747 |
| PER CAPITA INCOME | $11,849 |
| INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL | 33.81% |
| INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN | Manufacturing (20.18%), Retail (11.45%), Healthcare (9.18%), Transportation (8.39%), Accomodation (7.94%), Education (7.14%), Construction (5.44%), Other (5.22%), Finance (4.08%), Public Service (3.97%), Administration (2.95%), Arts (2.83%), Agriculture (2.49%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (2.49%), Wholesale (2.15%), Information Technology (2.04%) |
| ATTENDING COLLEGE | 2.35% |
| RACIAL MAKEUP | |
| WHITE | 96.99% |
| BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN | 0.54% |
| AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE | 1.35% |
| ASIAN | 0.00% |
| NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER | 0.00% |
| SOME OTHER RACE ALONE | 0.00% |
| TWO OR MORE RACES | 1.12% |
| HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) | 0.35% |
| ETHNICITIES PRESENT | Unclassified (36.65%), United States or American (27.94%), Other Groups (11.87%), English (6.28%), Irish (5.86%), German (4.62%) |
| FOREIGN BORN | 0.00% |
| LANGUAGES SPOKEN | English (90.83%) |
Mount Vernon is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,595 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Mount Vernon is the 149th largest community in Kentucky.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Mount Vernon is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.0% of the Mount Vernon workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Mount Vernon is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Vernon who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.31%), sales jobs (10.66%), and food service (8.50%).
Mount Vernon is a very car-oriented city. 96.5% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Mount Vernon is a small city, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Mount Vernon has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Being a small city, Mount Vernon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Mount Vernon is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 14.96%: just 11.14% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mount Vernon in 2000 was $11,849, which is lower middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $47,396 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 Native American. Important ancestries of people in Mount Vernon include English, Irish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Mount Vernon is English.
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