City · Posey County, Indiana

Mount Vernon, Indiana

Mount Vernon is a city in Posey County, Indiana, part of the Evansville, IN metro area. It has 6,400 residents. Mount Vernon, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 41 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #9,274 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Indiana it ranks #169 of 353 cities and towns. It ranks best on math scores (high), drug overdose deaths (low) and flu vaccinations (high). It ranks worst on mental health providers (low), access to exercise opportunities (low) and job growth (low).

41Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #9,274 of 15,651 cities and towns
Indiana: #169 of 353 in IN
Population: 6,400 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 2,223.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 1851732

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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.

Safety82#2,736/15,637
Economy36#10,020/15,631
Housing71#4,312/14,977
Health41#9,176/15,609
Healthcare28#11,238/15,650
Environment10#13,912/15,453
Education73#4,164/15,649
Infrastructure45#8,570/15,650
Community45#8,539/15,651
Leisure & amenities7#14,557/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mount Vernon, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Posey 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

Math scores · high3.76
100/100Indiana 3.19United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePosey County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Indiana 18.5 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataPosey County value
Flu vaccinations · high57.0%
97/100Indiana 47.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePosey County value
Reading scores · high3.43
96/100Indiana 3.08United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePosey County value
Property crime rate · low330 /100k
96/100Indiana 1,052 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPosey County value
Mammography screening · high56.0%
94/100Indiana 49.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePosey County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low20 /100k
1/100Indiana 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePosey County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low26.0%
2/100Indiana 76.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePosey County value
Job growth · low-4.9%
2/100Indiana -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataPosey County value
New business applications · low7.0 /1k
2/100Indiana 12.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauPosey County value
Distance to an emergency room · high19.1 mi
3/100Indiana 5.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPosey County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Indiana 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPosey County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.6% (2015-2019) → 90.7% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$52,031 (2015-2019) → $62,263 (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
44.5% (2015-2019) → 48.4% (2020-2024)
+3.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Unemployment rateImproving
6.7% (2015-2019) → 3.9% (2020-2024)
−2.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Poverty rateImproving
17.5% (2015-2019) → 14.9% (2020-2024)
−2.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Income inequality (Gini index)Improving
0.459 (2015-2019) → 0.406 (2020-2024)
−12%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

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, Indiana improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved2

Broadband+10 points80.6% → 90.7%
Household income+20%$52,031 → $62,263

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Mount Vernon, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.9 min2015-2019	17.4 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Within the margin of error	42%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%2015-2019	18.6%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Broadband subscriptions	80.6%2015-2019	90.7%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	60%
Child poverty rate	25.0%2015-2019	23.0%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Effective property tax rate	0.92%2015-2019	0.71%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	62%
High school diploma or higher	91.8%2015-2019	91.5%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	64%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4592015-2019	0.4062020-2024	−0.053	Within the margin of error	85%
Median household income	$52,0312015-2019	$62,2632020-2024	+20%	Improved	32%
Poverty rate	17.5%2015-2019	14.9%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Rent as share of income	27.8%2015-2019	28.3%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent-burdened households	44.5%2015-2019	48.4%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.5%2015-2019	4.3%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%

“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, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mount Vernon, Indiana 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, Indiana itself moved +1.6 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

6,400 residents (±22)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69

Income

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

Household income

3,055 households (±160)

Mount Vernon, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k19%575
$25k–50k16%†503
$50k–75k21%628

Homes

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

Owners and renters

3,055 households (±160)

Mount Vernon, Indiana
Indiana share

Own67%2,035
Rent33%1,020

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

2,872 workers (±250)

Mount Vernon, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone88%2,527
Carpool5.3%†153
Public transit0.0%0

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 Evansville, IN

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 Posey County, the county holding most of Mount Vernon's residents.

Posey County has 538 employer establishments, 215 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248; 0.95× Indiana's), with 9,770 paid employees at an average annual pay of $75,951. The Census Bureau also counts 1,453 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 538; 1,453 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 215; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 9,770
Average annual pay: $75,951; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	54	21.6	1.39×More than typical	347	$70,078	109
Restaurants and other eating places	32	12.8	0.70×Fewer than typical	507	$17,323	3
Ambulatory health care services	30	12	0.58×Fewer than typical	136	$46,176	51
Construction of buildings	25	10	1.32×More than typical	60	$47,483	34
Religious organizations	20	8	1.44×More than typical	61	$15,607	—
Building equipment contractors	18	7.2	1.20×About typical	80	$42,800	26
Full-service restaurants	18	7.2	0.94×About typical	288	$17,347	—
Truck transportation	18	7.2	1.42×More than typical	1,944	$52,513	32
Automotive repair and maintenance	16	6.4	1.27×More than typical	62	$44,000	22
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	15	6	1.90×More than typical	62	$51,177	13
Banks and credit unions	14	5.6	1.73×More than typical	65	$52,092	—
Lessors of real estate	14	5.6	0.45×Fewer than typical	51	$68,549	153

Rank places for an industry Open Posey County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 25,024 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

In FY2026, an estimated $18.4K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Mount Vernon, Indiana: $2.87 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $18.4K; −40% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2.87; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 57%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$18.4K100%

Top recipients

ATLAS MACHINE & SUPPLY INC$8,03544%
CHESAPEAKE MACHINING & FABRICATION, INC.$6,38635%
AMHERST MADISON, INC.$5,15428%
V NOTARY SERVICE LLC$1,6719.1%
VAZQUEZ COMMERCIAL CONTRACTING, LLC$00.0%
LOTREMS LLC-$1380.0%
MASSILLON CONSTRUCTION AND SUPPLY LLC-$2,7570.0%

Spending by fiscal year

8KFY2017
43.4KFY2018
55.3KFY2019
19.1KFY2020
27KFY2021
20.9KFY2022
103KFY2023
23.4KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$14.4K79%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$2,39813%
Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381$1,6719.1%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Mount Vernon, Indiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Mount Vernon, Indiana's figures are part of those of Posey County, IN ($1.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.4% of that total.

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

See federal money in Posey 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, Indiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mark B. MessmerR-IN-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.9%

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.

Posey County66100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Evansville, IN62

Other cities and towns in Posey 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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