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Population (year 2000): 26,232. Estimated
population in July 2005: 29,271 (+11.6% change)
Males: 12,859 (49.0%), Females: 13,373 (51.0%)
Skagit County
Zip codes:
98273,
98274.
Median resident age: 31.1 years
Median household income: $37,999 (year 2000)
Median house value: $142,000 (year 2000)
Races in Mount Vernon:
- White Non-Hispanic (68.4%)
- Hispanic (25.1%)
- Other race (17.1%)
- Two or more races (2.9%)
- American Indian (1.7%)
- Black (0.7%)
- Japanese (0.7%)
- Filipino (0.6%)
- Chinese (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (14.1%), English (9.7%),
Irish (9.0%), Norwegian (6.5%), Dutch (4.1%), Swedish (4.0%).
Elevation: 180 feet
Land area: 11.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mount Vernon
- High school or higher: 78.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.5%
- Unemployed: 7.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mount Vernon city
- Never married: 26.3%
- Now married: 53.6%
- Separated: 3.0%
- Widowed: 6.1%
- Divorced: 11.0%
19.6% Foreign born (14.3% Latin America, 2.2%
Europe, 2.0% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +7,736 (+41.8%).
Hospital/medical center in Mount Vernon:
- AFFILIATED HEALTH SERVICES (1415 EAST KINCAID
STREET/PO BOX 1376)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Mount Vernon:
- ISLAND HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; ANACORTES, WA)
- CASCADE VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; ARLINGTON,
WA)
- ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL (about 26 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mount Vernon:
- BELLINGHAM INTL (about 29 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; ID:
BLI)
- SNOHOMISH COUNTY (PAINE FLD) (about 36 miles;
EVERETT, WA; ID: PAE)
- BOEING FIELD/KING COUNTY INTL (about 63 miles;
SEATTLE, WA; ID: BFI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mount Vernon:
- SKAGIT REGIONAL (about 8 miles; BURLINGTON/MOUNT
VERNON, WA; ID: BVS)
- CAMANO ISLAND AIRFIELD (about 14 miles; STANWOOD,
WA; ID: 13W)
- FLOATHAVEN (about 21 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; ID: 0W7)
Amtrak station:
MOUNT VERNON (725 COLLEGE WAY). Services: fully wheelchair
accessible, free short-term parking, free long-term parking,
call for taxi service, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mount Vernon:
- SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE (about 2 miles; MT VERNON, WA;
Full-time enrollment: 3,420)
- WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 25 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 2,656)
- WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 26 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 11,889)
- EVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 32 miles; EVERETT,
WA; FT enrollment: 3,970)
- EDMONDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 43 miles; LYNNWOOD,
WA; FT enrollment: 4,953)
- SHORELINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 48 miles;
SEATTLE, WA; FT enrollment: 4,526)
- LAKE WASHINGTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 50 miles;
KIRKLAND, WA; FT enrollment: 2,328)
Public high schools in Mount Vernon:
- MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,781;
Location: 314 N 9TH ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- SKAGIT COUNTY DETENTION CENTER (Location: 605
3RD ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Mount Vernon:
- CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 614;
Location: 3100 MARTIN RD; Grades: KG - 06)
- LITTLE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY (Students: 583;
Location: 1514 S LAVENTURE RD; Grades: KG - 06)
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY (Students: 560;
Location: 1801 E BLACKBURN RD; Grades: KG - 06)
- MADISON ELEMENTARY (Students: 482; Location:
907 E FIR ST; Grades: KG - 06)
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 477;
Location: 1020 MCLEAN RD; Grades: KG - 06)
- MOUNT BAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 476;
Location: 2310 E SECTION ST; Grades: 07 - 08)
- CONWAY SCHOOL (Students: 430; Location: 19710
STATE ROUTE 564; Grades: KG - 08)
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 401;
Location: 1005 S 11TH ST; Grades: KG - 06)
- LA VENTURE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 376;
Location: 1200 LAVENTURE RD; Grades: 07 - 08)
- BIG LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 193;
Location: 16802 LAKE VIEW BLVD.; Grades: KG - 06)
Library in Mount Vernon:
- MOUNT VERNON CITY LIBRARY (Operating income:
$880,450; Location: 315 SNOQUALMIE ST.,; 68,349 books;
3,566 audio materials; 3,270 video materials; 337 serial
subscriptions)
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