Mount Vernon is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 71,714 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Mount Vernon is the 12th largest community in New York. Mount Vernon has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Housing costs in Mount Vernon are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New York.

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.

One thing that you will notice about Mount Vernon is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Mount Vernon a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

One downside of living in Mount Vernon is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Mount Vernon, the average commute to work is 34.83 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. In addition, it is also a pedestrian-friendly city. Many of Mount Vernon’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.

For the size of the city, public transportation in Mount Vernon is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Mount Vernon, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

The citizens of Mount Vernon are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.15% of adults in Mount Vernon have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Mount Vernon in 2018 was $40,288, 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 $161,152 for a family of four. However, Mount Vernon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mount Vernon is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mount Vernon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Vernon residents report their race to be Black or 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 17.22% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mount Vernon include Jamaican, Italian, Irish, African, and Portuguese.

In addition, Mount Vernon has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (32.49%).

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