Iowa · Census place 1954840
Mount Vernon, Iowa
Mount Vernon is a city in Linn County, Iowa with an estimated 4,518 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 95th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,518
- #95 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -0.5%
- -24 people
- Land area
- 3.7 sq mi
- Density
- 1,211 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Mount Vernon population, 2020 to 2024
Mount Vernon lost 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +42.
Mount Vernon covers 3.73 square miles of land, for 1,211 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Mount Vernon is less dense than the typical town.
What county Mount Vernon is in
All of Mount Vernon's residents live in Linn County, which had 231,762 residents in 2024. Mount Vernon holds 1.9% 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: 52314. 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 41.924300, -91.425600. Des Moines, the capital, is 114.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marion, IA (42,542 people), 11.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 13.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.924300, -91.425600
- DMS
- 41°55'27.48"N 91°25'32.16"W
- UTM
- 15N 630544.3E 4642569.9N
- Geohash
- 9zqyx81ft
- Plus code
- 86HCWHFF+PQ
Daylight in Mount Vernon
At 41.92° N, Mount Vernon gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 07 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 Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Lisbon, 1.8 miles away, with 2,238 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mount Vernon, IA?
4,518 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 24 (0.5%) from 4,542 in July 2020.
What county is Mount Vernon in?
Linn 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: 52314.
How far is Mount Vernon from Des Moines?
114.6 miles (184.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Mount Vernon.
What is the nearest larger city to Mount Vernon?
Marion, IA, with 42,542 residents, 11.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.