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Mount Vernon city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Mount Vernon city is a Census city of 4,513 people across 3.73 square miles of land, in Linn County. Median household income is $112,656, 86.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.8 m.
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Mount Vernon
What Mount Vernon is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.73 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,209
- County holding the largest share of its areaLinn County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Mount Vernon
- Population4,513
- Median age25.3 plus or minus 5.2
- Population under 181,123 plus or minus 225
- Share under 1824.9 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Population 65 and over497 plus or minus 165
- Share 65 and over11.0 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Households1,260
- Family households890
- Share of households that are families70.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Mount Vernon
- Median household income$112,656
- Per capita income$32,529
- Civilian labor force2,077
- Employed1,989
- Unemployed88 plus or minus 89
- Unemployment rate4.2 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over2,281
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher45.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.6 percent plus or minus 6.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Mount Vernon
- Housing units1,352
- Occupied units1,260
- Vacant units92 plus or minus 113
- Vacancy rate6.8 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Owner occupied1,087
- Renter occupied173 plus or minus 111
- Ownership rate86.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$245,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$780
- Annual rent as a share of median income8.3 percent
- Single family units1,037
- Share single family76.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more262 plus or minus 158
- Share in buildings of two or more19.4 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Mobile homes53 plus or minus 52
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Mount Vernon gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,524
- Commuting under 15 minutes505 plus or minus 131
- Share commuting under 15 minutes33.1 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more434 plus or minus 168
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.5 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Drove alone66.7 percent
- Carpooled4.0 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked9.3 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Worked from home20.0 percent plus or minus 5.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Mount Vernon (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$7,787,700
- Average approval$865,300
- Median approval$869,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,036,300
- Largest approval$2,036,300
- Jobs supported274
- Jobs per approval30.4
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full5
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more22.2 percent
- Share to franchises33.3 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Linn County, not Mount Vernon
Linn County context, not Mount Vernon figures
These are Linn County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Mount Vernon measurements.
- Establishments in Linn County5,744
- Employment at those establishments, Linn County119,172
- Covered employment, Linn County125,917
- Average annual pay, Linn County$67,613
- Average weekly wage, Linn County$1,300
- Housing units permitted, Linn County1,024
- Of those, single family, Linn County443
- County product, 2024, Linn County$21,899,205,000
- County product change over the prior year, Linn County4.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Linn County$59,503
Every figure in this section is published for Linn County as a whole and is not a measurement of Mount Vernon. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Mount Vernon questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Mount Vernon, Iowa?
4,513, in 1,260 households. Mount Vernon city covers 3.73 square miles of land, which is 1,209 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Mount Vernon in?
Linn County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Mount Vernon?
$112,656. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $245,200. Median gross rent is $780 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Mount Vernon businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $7.8 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $869,600. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Mount Vernon, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Mount Vernon borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Mount Vernon. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Mount Vernon figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Linn County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Mount Vernon.
Is zoning published for Mount Vernon?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.