Mount Vernon is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Mount Vernon, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does Mount Vernon have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
Mount Vernon in 100 adults: 28 with a bachelor’s degree or more (WA: 40)
Home workers make up 14 in 100 workers (WA: 20). Mount Vernon is home to about 35,193 people (2025 Census estimate). Across WA, 64 in 100 households own their home; locally, 60. Over 2010–2020, the head count moved +11%.
Median age 36 (WA 38.3).
About 95 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.2 points). Median age: women 36.8, men 35.1.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 4.9% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 23 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Mount Vernon says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Neighbors next door
None of the 2 bordering towns has a member yet either. Invite a friend next door.
Start the first group in Mount Vernon
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Mount Vernon’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Mount Vernon or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Mount Vernon in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.