Indiana · Census place 1851732

Mount Vernon, Indiana

Mount Vernon is a city in Posey County, Indiana with an estimated 6,341 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 107th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,341
#107 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
-2.2%
-141 people
Land area
2.9 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
2,202 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Mount Vernon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Mount Vernon population, 2020 to 2024

Mount Vernon lost 141 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -19. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 122nd; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Mount Vernon is 44% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,498. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mount Vernon covers 2.88 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 2,202 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Mount Vernon is denser than the typical town.

What county Mount Vernon is in

All of Mount Vernon's residents live in Posey County, which had 25,067 residents in 2024. Mount Vernon holds 25.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mount Vernon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mount Vernon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47620. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Mount Vernon is

The Census internal point of Mount Vernon is at 37.937000, -87.895900. Indianapolis, the capital, is 157.4 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Henderson, KY (27,750 people), 18.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN, 20.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.937000, -87.895900
DMS
37°56'13.20"N 87°53'45.24"W
UTM
16N 421274.3E 4199203.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
869JW4P3+RJ

Daylight in Mount Vernon

At 37.94° N, Mount Vernon gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mount Vernon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Evansville, 20.0 miles away, with 115,395 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mount Vernon, IN?

6,341 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 141 (2.2%) from 6,482 in July 2020.

What county is Mount Vernon in?

Posey County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Mount Vernon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47620.

How far is Mount Vernon from Indianapolis?

157.4 miles (253.3 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Mount Vernon.

What is the nearest larger city to Mount Vernon?

Henderson, KY, with 27,750 residents, 18.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.