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Mount Vernon, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Mount Vernon, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,865. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet MOUNT-VERNON-IA · Mount Vernon, IA 1 ZIPs · 5,865 pop · #3162/25278 · Linn County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $109,244
  • RANK-TOP #3162/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Lisbon
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 88% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,865
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $265,100

Nearest income peer: Lisbon, IA ( $4,423 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Mount Vernon

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Mount Vernon on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Mount Vernon, IA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 13%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,865
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$109,244
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $109,244 and home value $265,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 40.5%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.1%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Iowa, Salix is the closest lower-income city and Linden the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Mount Vernon.

Population concentration

Mount Vernon's single ZIP 52314 carries the town

Mount Vernon is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 52314 is the entire residential footprint (5,865 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Mount Vernon's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 132 establishments, 1,590 employees , annual payroll $62,390k (~23 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 52314 (132 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (20) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Mount Vernon, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Linn County, which covers 21 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Mount Vernon. See the Linn County roll-up →

Mount Vernon sits in the upper half of Linn County on income: Cedar Rapids, Marion and Hiawatha report less, while Robins, Fairfax and Ely report more. Hiawatha marks the far end of that range at $65,575, 40% below Mount Vernon.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
52314 5,865 $109,244 132 38
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Mount Vernon roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Mount Vernon, .