Mount Vernon, Oregon

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Population (year 2000): 595. Estimated population in July 2006: 524 (-11.9% change)

Males: 283	(47.6%)
Females: 312	(52.4%)

Grant County

Median resident age:	37.8 years
Oregon median age:	36.3 years

Zip codes: 97865.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $30,700 (it was $31,635 in 2000)

Mount Vernon	$30,700
Oregon:	$42,944

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $88,600 (it was $74,500 in 2000)

Mount Vernon	$88,600
Oregon:	$201,200

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Races in Mount Vernon:

White Non-Hispanic (92.9%)
American Indian (3.7%)
Two or more races (3.7%)
Hispanic (2.2%)

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Ancestries: German (11.4%), English (9.7%), Irish (6.9%), United States (5.5%), Scottish (5.4%), Swedish (5.0%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: 2871 feet

Land area: 0.69 square miles.

Population density: 767 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Mount Vernon

High school or higher: 81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.1%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.7%
Unemployed: 11.6%
Mean travel time to work: 17.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Mount Vernon city

Never married: 19.7%
Now married: 52.9%
Separated: 1.6%
Widowed: 10.1%
Divorced: 15.7%

10 residents are foreign born

This city:	1.7%
Oregon:	8.5%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Mount Vernon:	1.1% ($829)
Oregon:	1.1% ($1,687)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Kennewick, WA (123.5 miles , pop. 54,693).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Northwest Clackamas, OR (250.3 miles , pop. 224,220).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (716.3 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: John Day, OR (10.8 miles ), Canyon City, OR (11.4 miles ), Long Creek, OR (20.5 miles ), Seneca, OR (21.8 miles ), Prairie City, OR (27.9 miles ), Dayville, OR (29.1 miles) , Monument, OR (34.9 miles) , Greenhorn, OR (46.8 miles) .

Latitude: 44.42 N, Longitude: 119.11 W

Area code: 541

Mount Vernon household income distribution

Population change in the 1990s: +30 (+5.3%).

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (22%)
Wood products (19%)
Educational services (8%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Construction (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Food and beverage stores (14%)
Accommodation and food services (14%)
Social assistance (8%)
Educational services (8%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Health care (6%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Woodworkers (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Cashiers (8%)
Child care workers (7%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Mount Vernon:

BLUE MOUNTAIN HOSPITAL DISTRICT (about 12 miles; JOHN DAY, OR)
HARNEY DISTRICT HOSPITAL (about 58 miles; BURNS, OR)
PIONEER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 71 miles; HEPPNER, OR)

Political contributions by individuals in Mount Vernon, OR

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Mount Vernon:

EASTERN OREGON REGIONAL AT PENDLETON (about 90 miles; PENDLETON, OR; ID: PDT)
TRI-CITIES (about 126 miles; PASCO, WA; ID: PSC)
WALLA WALLA REGIONAL (about 128 miles; WALLA WALLA, WA; ID: ALW)

Other public-use airports nearest to Mount Vernon:

GRANT CO RGNL/OGILVIE FIELD (about 12 miles; JOHN DAY, OR; ID: 5J0)
MONUMENT MUNICIPAL (about 35 miles; MONUMENT, OR; ID: 12S)
BURNS MUNI (about 59 miles; BURNS, OR; ID: BNO)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Mount Vernon:

EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY (about 95 miles; LA GRANDE, OR; Full-time enrollment: 2,192)
WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 130 miles; WALLA WALLA, WA; FT enrollment: 2,812)
COLUMBIA BASIN COLLEGE (about 139 miles; PASCO, WA; FT enrollment: 3,529)
CENTRAL OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 149 miles; BEND, OR; FT enrollment: 2,274)
YAKIMA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 183 miles; YAKIMA, WA; FT enrollment: 2,906)
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 195 miles; PULLMAN, WA; FT enrollment: 18,110)
LEWIS-CLARK STATE COLLEGE (about 200 miles; LEWISTON, ID; FT enrollment: 2,213)

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Creeks: Ingle Creek (A), Beech Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Mount Vernon Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Hotel: Blue Mountain Lodge Motel (150 West Main Street).

Drinking water stations with addresses in Mount Vernon and their reported violations in the past:

MOUNT VERNON, CITY OF (Population served: 600, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

OCCT Installation/Demonstration - Between JAN-2000 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (JAN-31-2000)

Past monitoring violations:

CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2001 and MAR-11-2002, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (MAR-11-2002)

CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-01-2000 and OCT-12-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (OCT-12-2000)

3 routine major monitoring violations

2 minor monitoring violations

66 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:

This city:	2.4 people
Oregon:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	65.7%
Whole state:	65.8%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	5.6%
Whole state:	6.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	13.8%
Whole state:	11.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	5.7%
Whole state:	5.0%

Mount Vernon compared to Oregon state average:

Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Number of college students significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Mount Vernon mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Grant County Oregon:

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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration	1	$4,202	$50,424	1	$1,796
Sewerage	0	$0		2	$3,416
Water Supply	0	$0		2	$3,416
Streets and Highways	2	$3,678	$22,068	0	$0
Firefighters	0	$0		2	$684
Totals for Government	3	$7,880	$31,520	7	$9,312

Mount Vernon government finances in 2002:

Charges - Sewerage: $52,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $51,000
Sewerage: $45,000

Water Utilities: $35,000

Financial Administration: $34,000

Fire Protection: $15,000
General - Interest on Debt: $8,000
Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $86,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $920,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $160,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $144,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $909,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $16,000
Water Utilities: $11,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $13,000
Interest Earnings: $3,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $280,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $87,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $25,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $50,000
All Other: $13,000
Tax - Property: $63,000
Public Utilities: $10,000

NEC: $1,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $167,000
Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $39,000

7.73% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,990 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.73%
Oregon average:	8.89%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Deschutes County, OR	0.75% ($38,474 average AGI)
from Malheur County, OR	0.48% ($31,500)
from Umatilla County, OR	0.40% ($38,900)

8.89% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,925 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.89%
Oregon average:	7.91%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Deschutes County, OR	0.67% ($34,588 average AGI)
to Union County, OR	0.55% ($28,714)
to Baker County, OR	0.51% ($22,308)

Strongest AM radio stations in Mount Vernon:

KJDY (1400 AM; 1 kW; JOHN DAY, OR; Owner: BLUE MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KWEI (1260 AM; 50 kW; WEISER, ID; Owner: TREASURE VALLEY BROADCASTING CO.)
KBOI (670 AM; 50 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KTBI (810 AM; daytime; 50 kW; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: TACOMA BROADCASTERS, INCORPORATED)
KPOJ (620 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KXL (750 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
KPAM (860 AM; 50 kW; TROUTDALE, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
KOTK (1080 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - PORTLAND RADIO, L.L.C.)
KFLD (870 AM; 10 kW; PASCO, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
KEX (1190 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Mount Vernon:

KJDY-FM (94.5 FM; CANYON CITY, OR; Owner: BLUE MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Mount Vernon:

K02PK (Channel 2; JOHN DAY, OR; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
K26FQ (Channel 26; JOHN DAY, OR; Owner: OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING)

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