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A town of 1,843, incorporated in 1792. 71% more nonprofits per person than the typical Maine town.
Trash & recyclingThe best of Mount Vernon’s subject grades are an A− for schools and an A for civic life and history; the weakest is a D for walkability. Mount Vernon’s average trip to work is 32 minutes, above both Maine’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Among 144 Maine towns, just 3 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them John Williams House and Dr. Samuel Quimby House. Mount Vernon has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Mount Vernon beats most towns.
John Williams House| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Mt Vernon Elementary School | PK–5 | 93 |
Census counts: 740 in 1800, a low of 596 in 1960, 1,721 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 1800.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Mount Vernon is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Mount Vernon, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Mount Vernon.
Its public schools are run by RSU 38. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Vernon Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 93 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Mount Vernon for work: only 3% work in town. 4.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Mount Vernon, against 9% in Maine’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. The top destinations are Augusta (23%), Waterville (7%) and Readfield (5%).
| Mount Vernon | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mount Vernon has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Mount Vernon’s July high is 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Mount Vernon home is worth about $331,000, down 1.4% in a year, 20% below the Maine typical home. 90% of Mount Vernon households own their home.
| Mount Vernon | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $893 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Adults 18 to 34 are 12% of residents (20% statewide); people 65 and older are 27% of residents (22% statewide). 42% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon has grown 7% since 2020, to 1,843 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Mount Vernon | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 27% | 22% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 32% | 29% |
| Median age | 47.1 years | 44.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 18% | 22% |
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.7 points). Across Maine, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Mount Vernon | ME | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.3% | 9.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.4% | 8.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.4% | 8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.8% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.8% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.3% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.5% | 15.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.6% | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.9% | 8.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.2% | 5.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.4% | 30.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.7% | 18.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.5% | 10.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.1% | 22.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.1% | 13.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
Mount Vernon beats the Maine average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. Among 144 Maine towns, just 8 have a lower share of adults who binge drink than Mount Vernon.
| Mount Vernon | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Mount Vernon | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.5% | 15.5% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 75.6% | 70.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
18 miles of trail in 10 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Fogg Island Preserve, 728 acres with 2.5 miles of trail.
| Mount Vernon | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.4% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fogg Island Preserve | 2.5 mi | 728 |
| 2. Ezra Smith Wildlife Conservation Area | 1.4 mi | 164 |
| 3. George Bucknam Wildlife Management Area | — | 106 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mount Vernon. Close and well known come first.
14 mi MuseumMaine State Museum
16 mi MuseumColby College Museum of Art
38 mi National MonumentFrances Perkins National Monument38 mi Ski areaMount Abram43 runs · 1,037 ft vertical
39 mi MuseumBowdoin College Museum of Art
38 mi MuseumJoshua L. Chamberlain MuseumMaine State Museum: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Colby College Museum of Art: Colby Mariam, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Frances Perkins National Monument: Robert Reed, NPS employee (per the same source), Public domain · Bowdoin College Museum of Art: Charles Follen McKim. Uploaded 28 September 2005 to en:Wikipedia by Hugh Manate, Public domain · Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum: Reroche at English Wikipedia, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Mount Vernon
About 2 of every 100 Mount Vernon residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
Where Mount Vernon’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Mount Vernon on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Mount Vernon.
Town in Maine, United States
Mount Vernon is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,721 at the 2020 census. Mount Vernon is included in the Augusta, Maine micropolitan New England City and Town Area. A popular recreation spot in central Maine, the northern area of Mount Vernon is part of the Belgrade Lakes Region, while the southern area is part of the Winthrop Lakes Region.
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6 towns share a border with Mount Vernon.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon | — | — | B− | — | A− | B |
| Vienna | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fayette | — | — | C+ | — | C− | B |
| Chesterville | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Belgrade | #45 | B+ | B− | — | B+ | A− |
| Readfield | #29 | A− | C | — | A− | A− |
| Rome | — | — | B− | — | B+ | B− |
Mount Vernon, Fayette, Chesterville and Rome have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Mount Vernon, Fayette, Chesterville, Belgrade, Readfield and Rome report no FBI crime data of their own. Vienna isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mount Vernon with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
71% more nonprofits per person than the typical Maine town.
That is 4.8 years of the area's median household income ($69,077 across the Augusta-Waterville, ME area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
Mount Vernon was incorporated in 1792 and has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places. 3 notable people were born here, including Loren Fletcher and John H. Rice.
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