Scores by category

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

Safety95#805/15,637
Economy31#10,752/15,631
Housing1#14,758/14,977
Health86#2,244/15,609
Healthcare94#910/15,650
Environment52#7,417/15,453
Education59#6,403/15,649
Infrastructure16#13,082/15,650
Community71#4,536/15,651
Leisure & amenities97#422/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Public transit commuters · high25.8%
100/100New York 21.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Traffic deaths · low4.1 /100k
99/100New York 5.6 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataWestchester County value
Access to exercise opportunities · high99.7%
98/100New York 93.1%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWestchester County value
Injury deaths · low45 /100k
98/100New York 64 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWestchester County value
Life expectancy · high83.3 yrs
98/100New York 80.4 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWestchester County value
Depression · low15.4%
98/100New York 18.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high35.0 min
1/100New York 32.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.493
6/100New York 0.517United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Broadband subscriptions · low83.7%
7/100New York 90.8%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Effective property tax rate · high1.98%
8/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Home price to income ratio · high6.1×
9/100New York 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Unemployment rate · high9.3%
11/100New York 4.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025

Trends

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

PopulationRising
67,896 (2015-2019) → 72,427 (2020-2024)
+6.7%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
0.0 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
70.6% (2015-2019) → 83.6% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
29.2% (2015-2019) → 35.9% (2020-2024)
+6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Public transit commutersWorsening
32.6% (2015-2019) → 25.8% (2020-2024)
−6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Median household incomeImproving
$59,907 (2015-2019) → $78,779 (2020-2024)
+32%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, New York improved on 4 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 9 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.

Improved4

Property tax−0.5 points2.50% → 1.98%
Bachelor's++6.8 points29.2% → 35.9%
Broadband+13 points70.6% → 83.6%
Household income+32%$59,907 → $78,779

Declined2

Unemployment+2.7 points6.6% → 9.3%
Transit use−6.8 points32.6% → 25.8%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Mount Vernon, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	36.6 min2015-2019	35.0 min2020-2024	−1.7 min	Within the margin of error	67%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%2015-2019	35.9%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Improved	78%
Broadband subscriptions	70.6%2015-2019	83.6%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	73%
Child poverty rate	19.2%2015-2019	21.0%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Effective property tax rate	2.50%2015-2019	1.98%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Improved	92%
High school diploma or higher	84.3%2015-2019	85.8%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Home price to income ratio	6.0×2015-2019	6.1×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4832015-2019	0.4932020-2024	+0.010	Within the margin of error	42%
Median household income	$59,9072015-2019	$78,7792020-2024	+32%	Improved	59%
Poverty rate	13.9%2015-2019	14.7%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Public transit commuters	32.6%2015-2019	25.8%2020-2024	−6.8 points	Declined	4%
Rent as share of income	34.8%2015-2019	32.1%2020-2024	−2.7 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Rent-burdened households	56.9%2015-2019	54.8%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Unemployment rate	6.6%2015-2019	9.3%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Declined	11%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.2%2015-2019	8.1%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	36%

“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, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mount Vernon, New York 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, New York itself moved +3.5 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

72,427 residents (±103)

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: 20–29 men (−2.3 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

72,427 residents (±103)

Mount Vernon, New York
New York share

White13%9,761
Black57%41,219
Hispanic or Latino21%15,402
Asian1.9%1,369
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†60
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races6.4%4,616

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Black (−5.8 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

51,734 residents (±1,155)

Mount Vernon, New York
New York share

No high school diploma14%7,331
High school or GED25%12,850
Some college18%9,570
Associate degree6.6%3,390
Bachelor's degree21%10,973
Graduate degree15%7,620

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bachelor's degree (+4.2 points).

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

28,078 households (±977)

Mount Vernon, New York
New York share

Under $25k18%5,178
$25k–50k17%4,777
$50k–75k13%3,614
$75k–100k14%3,984
$100k–150k15%4,171
$150k–200k9.9%2,784
$200k or more13%3,570

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+5.3 points).

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

28,078 households (±977)

Mount Vernon, New York
New York share

Own43%12,057
Rent57%16,021

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.2 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

15,257 households (±863)

Mount Vernon, New York
New York share

Under $75013%2,019
$750–1,0006.1%†929
$1,000–1,50023%3,449

Home values

12,057 homes (±815)

Mount Vernon, New York
New York share

Under $150k13%1,509
$150k–250k13%1,621
$250k–400k14%1,656

Age of homes

30,080 homes (±928)

Mount Vernon, New York
New York share

2010 or later3.6%†1,086
2000–20092.7%810
1980–199911%3,388

Size of homes

30,080 homes (±928)

Mount Vernon, New York
New York share

Studio13%4,005
1 bedroom25%7,453
2 bedrooms26%7,832

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

34,506 workers (±1,224)

Mount Vernon, New York
New York share

Drive alone48%16,685
Carpool7.7%2,648
Public transit26%8,911
Walk4.5%1,559
Bike0.4%†123
Work from home8.7%3,007
Other4.6%1,573

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Public transit (−6.8 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

31,499 workers (±1,261)

Mount Vernon, New York
New York share

Under 15 min15%4,820
15–29 min30%9,436
30–44 min25%7,950

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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

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

Westchester County has 31,174 employer establishments, 312 for every 10,000 residents (1.26× the US rate of 248; 1.14× New York's), with 389,560 paid employees at an average annual pay of $85,148. The Census Bureau also counts 115,574 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 31,174; 115,574 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 312; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 389,560
Average annual pay: $85,148; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	2,506	25.1	1.20×About typical	39,837	$69,850	8,193
Specialty trade contractors	2,318	23.2	1.50×More than typical	20,005	$79,851	5,305
Restaurants and other eating places	2,240	22.4	1.22×About typical	26,931	$30,753	527
Lessors of real estate	1,996	20	1.62×More than typical	7,180	$75,856	16,874
Construction of buildings	1,374	13.8	1.82×More than typical	6,200	$90,557	2,613
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,237	12.4	1.84×More than typical	8,566	$48,255	4,985
Full-service restaurants	1,065	10.7	1.39×More than typical	15,335	$35,054	286
Personal care services	1,007	10.1	2.11×More than typical	4,422	$27,563	2,693
Management, scientific and technical consulting	957	9.6	1.43×More than typical	6,680	$160,976	6,568
Building equipment contractors	912	9.1	1.52×More than typical	7,699	$84,352	1,002
Legal services	891	8.9	1.66×More than typical	4,832	$113,561	2,641
Landscaping services	847	8.5	2.42×More than typical	3,073	$67,198	1,034

Rank places for an industry Open Westchester County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 998,335 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 $7.2M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Mount Vernon, New York: $98.79 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $7.2M; −39% vs FY2025
Per resident: $98.79; US $1,994
Sole-source: 2.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 30%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$5.8M81%
Department of Energy$698.3K9.8%
Food and Drug Administration$393.1K5.5%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$158.4K2.2%
United States Mint$57.9K0.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs$49.5K0.7%
Nuclear Regulatory Commission$42.5K0.6%
Department of the Navy$8,7200.1%

Top recipients

TRI-TECHNOLOGIES INC.$2.9M40%
TRAC REGULATOR CO., INC.$2.2M31%
M&K IMPORTS LLC$698.3K9.8%
STATZ CORP$447.7K6.3%
TURBOFIL PACKAGING MACHINES, LLC$393.1K5.5%

Spending by fiscal year

4.8MFY2017
3.9MFY2018
6.3MFY2019
5MFY2020
1.1MFY2021
5.3MFY2022
7.9MFY2023
14.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$5.3M74%
Sawmills and wood preservation · 3211$698.3K9.8%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$393.1K5.5%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$285.9K4.0%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$158.4K2.2%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Mount Vernon, New York

AMBULETTE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES$4.5M
ASSISTED TRANSPORTATION CORP· Westchester County, NY· Transportation & logistics· Oct 1, 2024 – Nov 10, 2025· 36C24225N0160
MORTAR MOUNT$3.2M
TRI-TECHNOLOGIES INC.· Westchester County, NY· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 19, 2024 – Jun 4, 2026· W912CH24C0012
8512035854!VALVE,REGULATING,FL$1.7M
TRAC REGULATOR CO., INC.· Westchester County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 27, 2026 – Apr 27, 2026· SPE7M426C0011
8510957516!BOLT,SUB ASSEMBLY

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, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Mount Vernon, New York's figures are part of those of Westchester County, NY ($603.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.2% of that total.

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

See federal money in Westchester 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, New York is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

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

Westchester County90100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ69

Other cities and towns in Westchester 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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