| ECONOMY | Mount Vernon | Denver | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.40% | 8.90% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -1.46% | 2.00% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 29.68% | 35.10% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.50% | 7.72% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 5.61% | 4.77% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $21,820 | $29,904 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $37,829 | $48,259 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 16.18% | 12.50% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 16.05% | 10.76% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 14.20% | 12.08% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 17.43% | 16.41% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 18.60% | 19.79% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 8.93% | 11.14% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 5.99% | 10.14% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.80% | 5.00% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.75% | 2.00% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.07% | 0.18% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 10.61% | 15.85% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 17.93% | 23.59% | 20.61% |
| Service | 20.16% | 14.60% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 22.48% | 26.49% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.79% | 0.16% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 7.74% | 9.34% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 20.30% | 9.97% | 14.05% |
