Mount Vernon is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 71,168 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Mount Vernon is the 12th largest community in New York.

Housing costs in Mount Vernon are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New York.

Also of interest is that Mount Vernon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Mount Vernon telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.05% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing that you will notice about Mount Vernon is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Mount Vernon a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

In Mount Vernon, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.62 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the city is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Mount Vernon use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Mount Vernon‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the subway. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

The education level of Mount Vernon citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.02% of adults in Mount Vernon have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Mount Vernon in 2022 was $42,158, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $168,632 for a family of four. However, Mount Vernon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mount Vernon is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mount Vernon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Vernon residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Mount Vernon also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.32% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mount Vernon include Jamaican, Italian, Irish, African, and Portuguese.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Mount Vernon's cultural character, accounting for 31.94% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Mount Vernon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.