Ohio · Census place 3953102
Mount Vernon, Ohio
Mount Vernon is a city in Knox County, Ohio with an estimated 17,329 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 110th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 17,329
- #110 of 526 in Ohio
- Change since 2020
- +1.6%
- +266 people
- Land area
- 9.9 sq mi
- + 0.18 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,747 / sq mi
- State median 2,000
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Mount Vernon population, 2020 to 2024
Mount Vernon added 266 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +441. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 60th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Mount Vernon is 1.2 times that size.
Mount Vernon covers 9.92 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 1,747 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Mount Vernon is less dense than the typical town.
What county Mount Vernon is in
All of Mount Vernon's residents live in Knox County, which had 63,848 residents in 2024. Mount Vernon holds 27.1% 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: 43050. 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 40.385200, -82.474900. Columbus, the capital, is 40.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Newark, OH (51,424 people), 21.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 38.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.385200, -82.474900
- DMS
- 40°23'6.72"N 82°28'29.64"W
- UTM
- 17N 374811.0E 4471556.2N
- Geohash
- dpjmepzsg
- Plus code
- 86GV9GPG+32
Daylight in Mount Vernon
At 40.39° N, Mount Vernon gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 46 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 Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Gambier, 4.3 miles away, with 2,338 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mount Vernon, OH?
17,329 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 266 (1.6%) from 17,063 in July 2020.
What county is Mount Vernon in?
Knox 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: 43050.
How far is Mount Vernon from Columbus?
40.3 miles (64.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Mount Vernon.
What is the nearest larger city to Mount Vernon?
Newark, OH, with 51,424 residents, 21.8 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.