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SheetOH-SOUTH-MOUNT-VERNON-OH · South Mount Vernon, OH 702 pop · income 20th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around South Mount Vernon
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest South Mount Vernon on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Parkin · lowest
25,588
Parkin · lowest
25,588 median HH income
12.5% of the leader · rank #1
Pontotoc · near
50,230
Pontotoc · near
50,230 median HH income
24.4% of the leader · rank #2
Falconer · near
50,231
Falconer · near
50,231 median HH income
24.4% of the leader · rank #3
South Mount V… · this city
50,234
South Mount V… · this city
50,234 median HH income
24.4% of the leader · rank #4
Inkerman · near
50,236
Inkerman · near
50,236 median HH income
24.4% of the leader · rank #5
Vincennes · near
50,238
Vincennes · near
50,238 median HH income
24.5% of the leader · rank #6
Botsford · highest
205,469
Botsford · highest
205,469 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for South Mount Vernon on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 702.
Nationally, South Mount Vernon sits in the 20th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
20th
percentile, household income
22nd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: South Mount Vernon, OH
702 people live in South Mount Vernon, Ohio - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in South Mount Vernon brings in $50,234 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 55.1%. The median resident age is 30.1 years. Educational attainment runs 15.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 65.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Ohio run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Ohio at 92.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,092 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Ohio's average monthly utility costs around $228 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 55.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of South Mount Vernon's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For South Mount Vernon, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, matched public-school count, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in South Mount Vernon?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 82.8%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for South Mount Vernon?
Within Ohio, the closest population matches are Christiansburg (701 residents, $73,125 income); Highland Hills (704 residents, $41,382 income); Washingtonville (700 residents, $42,727 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Parkin, AR (702 residents); Peters, CA (702 residents); Botsford, CT (702 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Low income · poverty 55.1% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Ohio average
F
City profile score · South Mount Vernon, OH
29/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living B+
92.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
15.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$50,234
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
55.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
South Mount Vernon profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.8 index
Bachelor's+ share: 22/100 (F) · 15.7%
Household income: 21/100 (F) · $50,234
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 55.1%
How does South Mount Vernon compare to other US cities?
South Mount Vernon measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income20% higher than other cities
Median rent22% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares South Mount Vernon against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Ohio only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Ohio-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places South Mount Vernon near the bottom of Ohio's cities
Among the 1,196 Ohio cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, South Mount Vernon ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares South Mount Vernon only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#911 of 1,145
20th percentile in Ohio
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Poverty Rate
#3 of 1,196
100th percentile in Ohio
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#689 of 1,196
42nd percentile in Ohio
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Ohio only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
20th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$50,234South Mount Vernon, OH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context South Mount Vernon, OH median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for South Mount Vernon, OH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)15.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)55.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)65.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
702
Median Income
$50,234
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
30.1
Poverty Rate
55.1%
Labor force participation
65.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
15.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
82.8%
Carpool
12.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
4.4%
Based on 344 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Ohio statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $228
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Ohio at $228 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Ohio statewide averages, not a meter reading for South Mount Vernon. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Ohio's BEA cost-of-living index is 92.8 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around South Mount Vernon is $1,092/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Ohio statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.0 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Ohio statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county South Mount Vernon sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How South Mount Vernon compares to similar-size Ohio cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.