Town · Franklin County, Texas

Mount Vernon, Texas

Mount Vernon is a town in Franklin County, Texas. It has 2,548 residents. Mount Vernon, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 9 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,312 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #783 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on drug overdose deaths (low), child care cost burden (low) and public libraries (high). It ranks worst on access to exercise opportunities (low), arts, entertainment and recreation (low) and public EV charging ports (low).

9Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,312 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #783 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 2,548 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 590.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 4849860

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety34#10,395/15,637
Economy37#9,865/15,631
Housing53#7,112/14,977
Health30#10,895/15,609
Healthcare2#15,290/15,650
Environment24#11,683/15,453
Education11#13,973/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,258/15,650
Community31#10,870/15,651
Leisure & amenities4#15,022/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataFranklin County value
Child care cost burden · low21.5%
90/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFranklin County value
Public libraries · high1.8 /10k
90/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesFranklin County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Texas 1United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFranklin County value
Social associations · high13.0 /10k
82/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFranklin County value
Property crime rate · low653 /100k
79/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationFranklin County value

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low12.2%
1/100Texas 82.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFranklin County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.9 /10k
2/100Texas 3.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFranklin County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyFranklin County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Texas 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFranklin County value
Food environment index · low6.1
4/100Texas 5.7United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFranklin County value
Mental health providers · low46 /100k
5/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFranklin County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,749 (2015-2019) → 2,548 (2020-2024)
−7.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
50.9% (2015-2019) → 30.1% (2020-2024)
−21 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$46,250 (2015-2019) → $72,064 (2020-2024)
+56%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateImproving
20.3% (2015-2019) → 10.5% (2020-2024)
−9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
23.3% (2015-2019) → 14.6% (2020-2024)
−8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
30.3% (2015-2019) → 21.8% (2020-2024)
−8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Texas improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 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

Rent burden−21 points50.9% → 30.1%

Declined1

Bachelor's+−8.8 points23.3% → 14.6%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Mount Vernon, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.8 min2015-2019	25.6 min2020-2024	+1.8 min	Within the margin of error	29%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%2015-2019	14.6%2020-2024	−8.8 points	Declined	2%
Broadband subscriptions	77.5%2015-2019	80.8%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Effective property tax rate	1.49%2015-2019	1.16%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	78%
High school diploma or higher	84.0%2015-2019	84.8%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	84%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4192015-2019	0.4122020-2024	−0.007	Within the margin of error	57%
Median household income	$46,2502015-2019	$72,0642020-2024	+56%	Within the margin of error	89%
Poverty rate	12.1%2015-2019	10.7%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	30.3%2015-2019	21.8%2020-2024	−8.5 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Rent-burdened households	50.9%2015-2019	30.1%2020-2024	−21 points	Improved	94%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.2%2015-2019	19.0%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	27%

“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, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mount Vernon, Texas 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, Texas itself moved +7.8 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

2,548 residents (±21)

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

851 households (±109)

Mount Vernon, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k9.3%†79
$25k–50k24%†205
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

851 households (±109)

Mount Vernon, Texas
Texas share

Own68%578
Rent32%†273

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,279 workers (±174)

Mount Vernon, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone86%1,099
Carpool7.0%†90
Public transit0.0%0

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

Franklin County has 189 employer establishments, 176 for every 10,000 residents (0.71× the US rate of 248; 0.81× Texas's), with 6,208 paid employees at an average annual pay of $22,148. The Census Bureau also counts 990 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 189; 990 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 176; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 6,208
Average annual pay: $22,148; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	18	16.8	0.92×About typical	287	$16,425	10
Specialty trade contractors	15	14	0.90×About typical	66	$56,591	116
Religious organizations	14	13.1	2.36×More than typical	82	$22,537	—
Ambulatory health care services	12	11.2	0.54×Fewer than typical	3,489	$9,682	45
Construction of buildings	9	8.4	1.11×Too few to compare	54	$46,185	58
Limited-service restaurants	9	8.4	1.05×Too few to compare	154	$17,812	4
Full-service restaurants	8	7.5	0.97×Too few to compare	132	$14,788	3
Banks and credit unions	6	5.6	1.73×Too few to compare	45	$43,000	—
Building equipment contractors	6	5.6	0.93×Too few to compare	24	$58,833	24
Lessors of real estate	6	5.6	0.45×Too few to compare	8	$36,125	54
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	4.7	0.93×Too few to compare	17	$40,176	15
Legal services	5	4.7	0.87×Too few to compare	13	$50,769	5

Rank places for an industry Open Franklin County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 10,711 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 Franklin County.

See federal money in Franklin 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, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Nathaniel MoranR-TX-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.3%

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.

Franklin County27100% of residents

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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