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Population (year 2000): 2,286. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,583 (+13.0% change)
Males: 1,064 (46.5%), Females: 1,222 (53.5%)
Zip code:
75457
Median resident age: 36.0 years
Median household income: $28,824 (year 2000)
Median house value: $53,900 (year 2000)
Races in Mount Vernon:
- White Non-Hispanic (74.2%)
- Black (13.5%)
- Hispanic (10.8%)
- Other race (7.2%)
- American Indian (1.3%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (16.9%), Irish
(10.3%), English (8.9%), German (7.8%), Scottish (1.7%), French
(1.7%).
Land area: 3.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mount Vernon
- High school or higher: 76.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.7%
- Unemployed: 3.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mount Vernon town
- Never married: 20.1%
- Now married: 54.6%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 11.2%
- Divorced: 12.5%
3.8% Foreign born (3.5% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +35 (+1.6%).
Hospital/medical center in Mount Vernon:
- EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER MOUNT VERNON (HWY
37 SOUTH BOX 477)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Mount Vernon:
- TITUS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles;
MOUNT PLEASANT, TX)
- PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF WINNSBORO (about 19 miles;
WINNSBORO, TX)
- EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER PITTSBURG (about 23 miles;
PITTSBURG, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mount Vernon:
- COX FLD (about 35 miles; PARIS, TX; ID: PRX)
- TYLER POUNDS RGNL (about 59 miles; TYLER, TX; ID:
TYR)
- EAST TEXAS RGNL (about 66 miles; LONGVIEW, TX; ID:
GGG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mount Vernon:
- FRANKLIN COUNTY (about 2 miles; MOUNT VERNON, TX;
ID: F53)
- WINNSBORO MUNI (about 18 miles; WINNSBORO, TX; ID:
F51)
- MOUNT PLEASANT RGNL (about 21 miles; MOUNT PLEASANT,
TX; ID: OSA)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mount Vernon:
- TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 47 miles; TYLER, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 5,872)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE (about 48 miles;
COMMERCE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,998)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER (about 60 miles;
TYLER, TX; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- KILGORE COLLEGE (about 60 miles; KILGORE, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,814)
- TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 81 miles;
ATHENS, TX; FT enrollment: 2,858)
- SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 99
miles; DURANT, OK; FT enrollment: 3,165)
- COLLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE-CENTRAL PARK (about
101 miles; MCKINNEY, TX; FT enrollment: 7,514)
Public high school in Mount Vernon:
- MT VERNON H S (Students: 463; Location: 501
HWY 37 S; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Mount Vernon:
- MT VERNON EL (Students: 418; Location: 501
HWY 37 S; Grades: PK - 03)
- MT VERNON INT (Students: 327; Location: 501
HWY 37 S; Grades: 04 - 06)
- MT VERNON J H (Students: 250; Location: 501
HWY 37 S; Grades: 07 - 08)
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