Mount Vernon, OR

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Mount Vernon, OR: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,160. 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-OR · Mount Vernon, OR 1 ZIPs · 1,160 pop · #18213/25278 · Grant County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $59,247
  • RANK-LOWER #18213/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Prairie City
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 85% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,160
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $185,600

Nearest income peer: Prairie City, OR ( $2,372 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 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Mount Vernon, OR sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

28th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,160
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$59,247
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $59,247 and poverty 8.4% concentrate in 97865.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (85.1%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Oregon, Falls City is the closest lower-income city and Sutherlin 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.

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ZIP Codes in Mount Vernon, OR

These ZIP codes sit in Grant County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Mount Vernon. See the Grant County roll-up →

Mount Vernon lands mid-pack among the 8 cities sharing Grant County: John Day, Canyon City and Dayville earn more and Prairie City, Long Creek and Monument earn less. Monument marks the far end of that range at $39,202, 34% below Mount Vernon.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
97865 1,160 1 America/Los_Angeles

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Mount Vernon, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →

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