What is the population of Mount Vernon city?

Mount Vernon city has 35,312 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #37 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Mount Vernon city?

Median household income in Mount Vernon city is $73,277 a year, 6.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mount Vernon city?

Median gross rent is $1,255 a month and the median home value is $429,300, so rent absorbs about 20.6% of median household income.

Is Mount Vernon city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mount Vernon city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Mount Vernon, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Mount Vernon, Washington (Mount Vernon, WA — Census place “Mount Vernon city”) is 35,312 residents, ranking #37 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $73,277, the median home is worth $429,300 and median gross rent runs $1,255 a month. Looking for the Mount Vernon Washington ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Mount Vernon, WA: 98273, 98274.

Population: 35,312Mount Vernon city residents
Median household income: $73,277Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $429,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,255Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 62.2%Owner-occupied households

Mount Vernon ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Mount Vernon.

The Mount Vernon WA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

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 20.6% 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 5.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.7% of residents and 62.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Mount Vernon city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Mount Vernon city is a small city in Washington, with 35,312 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #37 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 36.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Mount Vernon city earn a median of $73,277 a year, 6.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 19% below the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 16.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Mount Vernon city is valued at $429,300, 41.5% above the national figure and 8% below the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,255 a month, 10.7% below the national figure, or roughly $15,060 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 62.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Mount Vernon city?: Mount Vernon city has 35,312 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #37 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Mount Vernon city?: Median household income in Mount Vernon city is $73,277 a year, 6.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mount Vernon city?: Median gross rent is $1,255 a month and the median home value is $429,300, so rent absorbs about 20.6% of median household income.
Is Mount Vernon city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mount Vernon city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Mount Vernon city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.