Missouri · Census place 2950672

Mount Vernon, Missouri

Mount Vernon is a city in Lawrence County, Missouri with an estimated 4,703 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 146th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,703
#146 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+4.3%
+193 people
Land area
4.1 sq mi
Density
1,136 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Mount Vernon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Mount Vernon population, 2020 to 2024

Mount Vernon added 193 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.3%. In the latest year it moved by +131.

4,51020204,49120214,54920224,57220234,7032024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,521. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mount Vernon covers 4.14 square miles of land, for 1,136 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Mount Vernon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mount Vernon is in

All of Mount Vernon's residents live in Lawrence County, which had 39,151 residents in 2024. Mount Vernon holds 12.0% 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: 65712. 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 37.104800, -93.818700. Jefferson City, the capital, is 135.8 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Aurora, MO (7,573 people), 11.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 29.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.104800, -93.818700
DMS
37°06'17.28"N 93°49'7.32"W
UTM
15N 427254.7E 4106811.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
8698453J+WG

Daylight in Mount Vernon

At 37.10° N, Mount Vernon gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 06 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 Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Aurora, 11.0 miles away, with 7,573 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mount Vernon, MO?

4,703 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 193 (4.3%) from 4,510 in July 2020.

What county is Mount Vernon in?

Lawrence 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: 65712.

How far is Mount Vernon from Jefferson City?

135.8 miles (218.5 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Mount Vernon.

What is the nearest larger city to Mount Vernon?

Aurora, MO, with 7,573 residents, 11.0 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.