John Williams House · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Mount Vernon has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C+: better than 44% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability D: more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 52% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 32 minutes each way (Maine 25, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Mount Vernon; the top destination outside it is Augusta (23%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Mount Vernon, in brief
Mount Vernon is a place people come home to
There are 111 jobs based in Mount Vernon, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mount Vernon has about 1,300 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Mount Vernon
28% of Mount Vernon workers work from home, against 16% across Maine. Time on the road ↓
Mount Vernon workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 686 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Mount Vernon’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Mount Vernon is better than 44% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Mount Vernon’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Mount Vernon’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Mount Vernon could be anywhere from C to B−.
Mount Vernon quiets down on a workday
On a workday 663 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Mount Vernon on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Maine
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Vernon workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 577 commuters (the 28% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
23% of working residents work in Augusta
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Mount Vernon clocks in
23% of workers
7% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mount Vernon makes things: 40% of its jobs are in goods
111 jobs are based in Mount Vernon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Vernon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 111. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Half of Mount Vernon commutes less than 16 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Mount Vernon start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Vernon is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Maine.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 805 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Mount Vernon households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mount Vernon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mount Vernon is 2,586th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mount Vernon, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Dayton ME | 2,182 | $114K | 3.7% | 0.2% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 568 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 22% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 616 | Pownal ME | 1,645 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,584 | Good Hope Township OH | 1,313 | $81K | 10.6% | 9.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,585 | Grand Forks AFB ND | 1,987 | $73K | 4.0% | 3.9% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,586 | Mount Vernon ME | 1,843 | $74K | 4.8% | 2.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,587 | Root NY | 2,002 | $76K | 6.5% | 1.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,588 | Jefferson Township OH | 1,319 | $84K | 11.0% | 2.1% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Mount Vernon and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Readfield (5%). Darker towns draw more of Mount Vernon’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Vernon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon | – | C+ | D | 32 min | $74,395 |
| Vienna | under 3% | — | — | 62 min | — |
| Fayette | under 3% | C− | B | 33 min | $59,500 |
| Chesterville | under 3% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $61,635 |
| Belgrade | under 3% | B− | D | 23 min | $88,338 |
| Readfield | 5% | B− | B | 30 min | $86,504 |
| Rome | 2% | C+ | D | 30 min | $77,639 |
Same-state neighbors only. Vienna: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Mount Vernon: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Vernon?
$74,395 (±$6,347) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Vernon?
4.8%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Vernon?
32 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Vernon work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Augusta (23%, 14 mi), Waterville (7%, 16 mi), Readfield (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Vernon walkable?
Mount Vernon is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Vernon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Vernon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Vernon
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.