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About Mount Vernon
City in Illinois, United StatesMount Vernon is a city in Jefferson County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. The population was 14,600 at the 2020 census. Mount Vernon is the principal city of the Mount Vernon, Illinois micropolitan area, which includes all of Jefferson and Hamilton counties.
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Housing in Mount Vernon
The median sale price was $162,000 in May 2026.
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Safety in Mount Vernon
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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Mount Vernon's police department reported only 2024 and 2025, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
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