Illinois · Census place 51180
Mount Vernon city, IL
Quick answer
Mount Vernon city has 14,492 residents, ranking #170 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $52,751, the median home is worth $89,700 and median gross rent runs $893 a month.
- Population
- 14,492Mount Vernon city residents
- Median household income
- $52,751Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $89,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $893Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 53.4%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Mount Vernon city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Mount Vernon city median would spend about 20.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.7% of residents and 53.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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