Cost of living in Mount Vernon, Illinois
Simple answer
Typical rent is $910 a month.
Mount Vernon is a city in Illinois. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $55,357 a year.
- People
- 14,090
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $910
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $55,357
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $99,800
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $994
- Jefferson County, IL
Mount Vernon, Illinois has about 14,090 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $99,800.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Jefferson County is $994 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Mount Vernon. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
Illinois's prices sit at 100.0 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.
Illinois taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Mount Vernon's exact store tax.
In July 2026, a typical Illinois home paid 19.22¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Mount Vernon's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Illinois in the table we use.
Among 648 places we list in Illinois with a rent figure, 418 have higher typical rent than Mount Vernon.
Nearby places
- Ina
Typical rent $536
Compare with Mount Vernon - Sesser
Typical rent $726
Compare with Mount Vernon - Centralia
Typical rent $765
Compare with Mount Vernon - Benton
Typical rent $798
Compare with Mount Vernon - Salem
Typical rent $774
Compare with Mount Vernon - Christopher
Typical rent $725
Compare with Mount Vernon - Nashville
Typical rent $813
- McLeansboro
Typical rent $566
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Illinois
Bigger places in Illinois
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.