Mount Vernon is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 68,381 people and 20 constituent neighborhoods, Mount Vernon is the 13th largest community in New York.

Unlike some cities, Mount Vernon isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mount Vernon are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Vernon is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Vernon who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.22%), sales jobs (9.13%), and management occupations (7.52%).

In addition, Mount Vernon is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

In Mount Vernon, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.14 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Mount Vernon is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. The bus helps to get a lot of people to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Mount Vernon area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Mount Vernon Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Mount Vernon who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 24.19% of adults in Mount Vernon have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Mount Vernon in 2000 was $20,827, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $83,308 for a family of four.

Mount Vernon is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mount Vernon home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mount Vernon is African-American, followed by White. 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 10.28% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Mount Vernon include Jamaican, Italian, Irish, and Portuguese.

Mount Vernon also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 29.08%.

The languages spoken by people in Mount Vernon are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Mount Vernon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.