Mount Vernon

Population & Demographics

Mount Vernon, NY

Mount Vernon is home to 72,427 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 31,441 resident workers commute each day.

New YorkCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
72,427
people
Population

72,427 residents

Median age 40.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Mount Vernon population & demographics

Who lives in Mount Vernon — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
72,427
Median age
40.7yrs
Median household income
$78,779
Median home value
$484,000
Median gross rent
$1,629/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
35.9%
Poverty rate
14.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Mount Vernon

How Mount Vernon breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Black56.9%
Hispanic or Latino21.3%
White13.5%
Two or more races4.1%
Some other race2.2%
Asian1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Mount Vernon

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Mount Vernon.

Mount Vernon at a glance
Employed Residents
31,441
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
15.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
9.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
New York
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Mount Vernon proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Mount Vernon commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

30 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Mount Vernon

31,441 commutes, one dot at a time

Mount Vernon

Where 31,441 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Mount Vernon, by worker count.

1New York15.0 mi15,257
2Mount Vernon0.0 mi2,870
3Yonkers2.7 mi1,535
4White Plains8.3 mi1,150
5New Rochelle2.6 mi1,074
6Eastchester3.3 mi276
7Harrison8.5 mi242
8Mamaroneck5.8 mi225

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Mount Vernon.

1New York15.0 mi7,437
2Mount Vernon0.0 mi2,870
3Yonkers2.7 mi1,443
4New Rochelle2.6 mi660
5White Plains8.3 mi256
6Eastchester3.3 mi192
7Harrison8.5 mi129
8Port Chester10.6 mi118

Top industries

The sectors that employ Mount Vernon’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
COConstruction21.1%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance12.9%
RTRetail Trade12.7%
EDEducational Services7.6%
MFManufacturing6.2%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.1%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)5.4%
WSWholesale Trade5.1%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.4%
Connectivity

Internet options for Mount Vernon

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

3 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps17%
8 Gbps17%
See all internet providers in Mount Vernon

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