Knox County's small-city core, where manufacturing heritage shapes the ballot
Mount Vernon anchors a compact Ohio metro where durable goods employment remains above state norms and presidential margins have widened toward Republicans by double digits over the past two cycles.
| Group | Mount Vernon, OH | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 95.5% | 57.4% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.7% | 4.0% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(9) | 1.3% | 19.3% |
▶Black / African American(3) | 0.9% | 12.2% |
▶Asian(3) | 0.5% | 6.0% |
Native American / Alaska Native | 0.1% | 0.9% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(2) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -51.0pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.4% | 61.4% | — | — | |
| 7.8% | 19.6% | — | — | |
| 5.9% | 14.9% | — | — | |
| 1.3% | 3.3% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.7% | 1.9% | — | — |
| 0.3% | 0.8% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 60.3% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Mount Vernon, OH metro area? 237,391 residents across 4 counties.
20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 13pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+15 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Senate | R+44.9 | R+37.0 | 7.9pp |