Cost of living in Mount Vernon, Indiana
Simple answer
Typical rent is $783 a month.
Mount Vernon is a city in Indiana. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $62,263 a year.
- People
- 6,400
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $783
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $62,263
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $163,300
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,127
- Evansville, IN MSA
Mount Vernon, Indiana has about 6,400 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $163,300.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Posey County is $1,127 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Mount Vernon. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Evansville, IN metro area, prices sit at 91.5 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Indiana taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Mount Vernon's exact store tax.
Some places in Indiana add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.35% of income. That is not a Mount Vernon bill.
In July 2026, a typical Indiana home paid 16.73¢ 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 Indiana in the table we use.
Among 320 places we list in Indiana with a rent figure, 256 have higher typical rent than Mount Vernon.
Nearby places
- Morganfield
Typical rent $852
Compare with Mount Vernon - Poseyville
Typical rent $726
Compare with Mount Vernon - Breckinridge Center
Typical rent $1,013
Compare with Mount Vernon - Carmi
Typical rent $839
Compare with Mount Vernon - Henderson
Typical rent $771
Compare with Mount Vernon - Highland
Typical rent $1,695
Compare with Mount Vernon - Evansville
Typical rent $975
Compare with Mount Vernon - Darmstadt
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 Indiana
Bigger places in Indiana
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.