Mount Vernon is a medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 28,582 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Mount Vernon is the 35th largest community in Virginia.

Mount Vernon is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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 (18.92%), management occupations (11.48%), and sales jobs (9.22%).

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.

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.

One of the nice things about Mount Vernon is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

In Mount Vernon, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.51 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Mount Vernon Information and Demographics

The population of Mount Vernon is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 36.76% of adults in Mount Vernon have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Mount Vernon in 2000 was $29,299, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $117,196 for a family of four. However, Mount Vernon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mount Vernon is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. 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 African-American. 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 14.89% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Mount Vernon include English, German, Irish, and Italian.

In addition, Mount Vernon has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (20.94%).

The most common language spoken in Mount Vernon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African.