City · Montgomery County, Georgia

Mount Vernon, Georgia

Mount Vernon is a city in Montgomery County, Georgia, part of the Vidalia, GA metro area. It has 1,913 residents. Mount Vernon, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 6 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,779 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #287 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on suicide rate (low), job growth (high) and firearm deaths (low). It ranks worst on access to exercise opportunities (low), child poverty rate (high) and arts, entertainment and recreation (low).

6Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,779 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #287 of 386 in GA
Population: 1,913 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 455.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 1353508

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety71#4,475/15,637
Economy3#15,207/15,631
Housing35#9,710/14,977
Health16#13,111/15,609
Healthcare6#14,713/15,650
Environment15#13,147/15,453
Education36#10,085/15,649
Infrastructure2#15,398/15,650
Community7#14,628/15,651
Leisure & amenities9#14,222/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mount Vernon, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Montgomery County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Georgia 14.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMontgomery County value
Job growth · high7.3%
99/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMontgomery County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Georgia 16.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMontgomery County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Georgia 7.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMontgomery County value
Child care cost burden · low21.8%
89/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMontgomery County value
Comfortable days · high31.8%
86/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMontgomery County value

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low7.5%
0/100Georgia 74.6%United States 84.5%2010 & 2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMontgomery County value
Child poverty rate · high51.5%
1/100Georgia 16.9%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Georgia 4.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMontgomery County value
Average weekly wage · low$806
1/100Georgia $1,404United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMontgomery County value
Poverty rate · high38.8%
1/100Georgia 12.8%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMontgomery County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
2,503 (2015-2019) → 1,913 (2020-2024)
−24%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
33.3% (2015-2019) → 51.5% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
19.6% (2015-2019) → 8.2% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Poverty rateWorsening
29.5% (2015-2019) → 38.8% (2020-2024)
+9.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.1% (2015-2019) → 84.3% (2020-2024)
+8.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
58.8% (2015-2019) → 64.5% (2020-2024)
+5.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Mount Vernon, Georgia improved on 1 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 12 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Uninsured−11 points19.6% → 8.2%

Declined1

Child poverty+18 points33.3% → 51.5%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Mount Vernon, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.2 min2015-2019	22.2 min2020-2024	−4.9 min	Within the margin of error	90%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%2015-2019	15.5%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Broadband subscriptions	76.1%2015-2019	84.3%2020-2024	+8.2 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Child poverty rate	33.3%2015-2019	51.5%2020-2024	+18 points	Declined	5%
Effective property tax rate	0.79%2015-2019	0.82%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	12%
High school diploma or higher	83.0%2015-2019	87.4%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	−0.7×	Within the margin of error	96%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4592015-2019	0.4752020-2024	+0.016	Within the margin of error	37%
Median household income	$29,6982015-2019	$32,9332020-2024	+11%	Within the margin of error	18%
Poverty rate	29.5%2015-2019	38.8%2020-2024	+9.3 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	32.2%2015-2019	33.8%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Rent-burdened households	58.8%2015-2019	64.5%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.6%2015-2019	8.2%2020-2024	−11 points	Improved	97%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Mount Vernon, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mount Vernon, Georgia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Mount Vernon, Georgia itself moved +3.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,913 residents (±311)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (−3.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,913 residents (±311)

Mount Vernon, Georgia
Georgia share

White40%†770
Black49%938
Hispanic or Latino2.7%†51
Asian1.7%†33
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races6.3%†121

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,032 residents (±164)

Mount Vernon, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma13%†130
High school or GED32%328
Some college24%†243
Associate degree17%†171
Bachelor's degree7.1%†73
Graduate degree8.4%†87

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

699 households (±113)

Mount Vernon, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k42%†296
$25k–50k23%†159
$50k–75k15%†103
$75k–100k5.9%†41
$100k–150k12%†85
$150k–200k1.1%†8
$200k or more1.0%†7

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

699 households (±113)

Mount Vernon, Georgia
Georgia share

Own66%458
Rent34%†241

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+18.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

224 households (±66)

Mount Vernon, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $75067%†150
$750–1,00015%†34
$1,000–1,50014%†32

Home values

458 homes (±101)

Mount Vernon, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k72%329
$150k–250k26%†120
$250k–400k2.0%†9

Age of homes

847 homes (±126)

Mount Vernon, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later6.7%†57
2000–20097.8%†66
1980–199942%353

Size of homes

847 homes (±126)

Mount Vernon, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom8.6%†73
2 bedrooms23%†195

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

662 workers (±195)

Mount Vernon, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone77%†509
Carpool12%†82
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.7%†11
Bike0.0%0
Work from home9.1%†60
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

602 workers (±180)

Mount Vernon, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min32%†194
15–29 min36%†215
30–44 min20%†122

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Vidalia, GA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Montgomery County, the county holding most of Mount Vernon's residents.

Montgomery County has 98 employer establishments, 112 for every 10,000 residents (0.45× the US rate of 248; 0.47× Georgia's), with 1,120 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,531. The Census Bureau also counts 688 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 98; 688 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 112; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 1,120
Average annual pay: $46,531; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Montgomery County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Religious organizations	7	8	1.44×Too few to compare	19	$16,263	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	5	5.7	1.40×Too few to compare	7	$30,714	8
General merchandise stores	5	5.7	3.23×Too few to compare	35	$16,600	5
Restaurants and other eating places	5	5.7	0.31×Too few to compare	53	$12,528	—
Truck transportation	5	5.7	1.13×Too few to compare	57	$54,211	40
Construction of buildings	4	4.6	0.60×Too few to compare	17	$61,176	42
Services to buildings and dwellings	4	4.6	0.68×Too few to compare	28	$56,143	70
Gasoline stations	3	3.4	1.06×Too few to compare	22	$36,682	—
Heavy and civil engineering construction	3	3.4	2.99×Too few to compare	36	$71,917	—
Limited-service restaurants	3	3.4	0.43×Too few to compare	35	$13,257	—
Specialty trade contractors	3	3.4	0.22×Too few to compare	60	$84,267	63
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,765 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Mount Vernon is mostly in Montgomery County.

See federal money in Montgomery County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Mount Vernon, Georgia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Rick W. AllenR-GA-12 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Montgomery County8100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Vidalia, GA7

Other cities and towns in Montgomery County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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