Mount Vernon, KY
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Mount Vernon, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 9,300. 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-KY · Mount Vernon, KY 1 ZIPs · 9,300 pop · #22646/25278 · Rockcastle County
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $46,907
- RANK-BOTTOM #22646/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Brodhead
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 72% owners
- POP-TOWN 9,300
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $156,300
Nearest income peer: Brodhead, KY (+ $5,712 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.
- Orlando · lowest
Orlando · lowest
$35,417 median HH income
- Livingston · near
Livingston · near
$39,449 median HH income
- Mount Vernon · this city
Mount Vernon · this city
$46,907 median HH income
- Brodhead · highest
Brodhead · highest
$52,619 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Mount Vernon, KY sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 10th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 9,300
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $46,907
- 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.
Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($46,907 average) · poverty 22.6%. The primary code (40456) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Mount Vernon as a pure owner town.
Within Kentucky, Gamaliel is the closest lower-income city and Barlow 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 reads through its lone ZIP, 40456
9,300 ACS residents, one ZIP: 40456 is not the leading code inside Mount Vernon, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Mid-pack ZBP load on Mount Vernon's one ZIP
Citywide ZBP: 166 establishments, 2,775 employees , annual payroll $112,388k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 40456 (166 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (36) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .
ZIP Codes in Mount Vernon, KY
These ZIP codes sit in Rockcastle County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Mount Vernon. See the Rockcastle County roll-up →
Mount Vernon sits in the upper half of Rockcastle County on income: Orlando and Livingston report less, while Brodhead reports more. Orlando marks the far end of that range at $35,417, 24% below Mount Vernon.
| ZIP Code | Population | Median income | Establishments | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40456 | 9,300 | $46,907 | 166 | 21 |
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, .