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Population (year 2000): 4,017. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,402 (+9.6% change)
Males: 1,935 (48.2%), Females: 2,082 (51.8%)
Zip code:
65712
Median resident age: 40.6 years
Median household income: $28,628 (year 2000)
Median house value: $68,000 (year 2000)
Races in Mount Vernon:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.1%)
- American Indian (1.5%)
- Hispanic (1.2%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
- Black (0.7%)
- Other race (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (17.5%), Irish (16.0%),
United States (15.3%), English (12.8%), French (3.7%),
Scotch-Irish (2.2%).
Land area: 3.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mount Vernon
- High school or higher: 76.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.7%
- Unemployed: 5.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mount Vernon city
- Never married: 14.7%
- Now married: 57.4%
- Separated: 1.9%
- Widowed: 11.2%
- Divorced: 14.9%
0.3% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +261 (+6.9%).
Hospital/medical center in Mount Vernon:
- MISSOURI REHABILITATION CTR (600 N MAIN)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Mount Vernon:
- COX-MONETT HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; MONETT, MO)
- AURORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; AURORA,
MO)
- SOUTH BARRY COUNTY MEMORIAL (about 29 miles;
CASSVILLE, MO)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mount Vernon:
- SPRINGFIELD-BRANSON REGIONAL (about 32 miles;
SPRINGFIELD, MO; ID: SGF)
- JOPLIN REGIONAL (about 47 miles; JOPLIN, MO; ID: JLN)
- NORTHWEST ARKANSAS RGNL (about 67 miles;
FAYETTEVILLE/SPRINGDALE/, AR; ID: XNA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mount Vernon:
- MOUNT VERNON MUNI (about 6 miles; MOUNT VERNON, MO;
ID: 2MO)
- JERRY SUMMERS SR AURORA MUNICIPAL (about 14 miles;
AURORA, MO; ID: 2H2)
- MONETT MUNI (about 19 miles; MONETT, MO; ID: M58)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mount Vernon:
- OZARKS TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 35 miles;
SPRINGFIELD, MO; Full-time enrollment: 3,756)
- DRURY UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; Springfield, MO;
FT enrollment: 3,125)
- SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles;
SPRINGFIELD, MO; FT enrollment: 14,680)
- SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 46 miles;
BOLIVAR, MO; FT enrollment: 2,612)
- MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE COLLEGE (about 48 miles;
JOPLIN, MO; FT enrollment: 4,569)
- NORTHWEST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 59
miles; BENTONVILLE, AR; FT enrollment: 2,197)
- PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY (about 65 miles;
PITTSBURG, KS; FT enrollment: 5,566)
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