Metro area · CBSA 34580
Mount Vernon
The Mount Vernon, WA metro area has 131,328 people. Median rent is $1,536, 20.6% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Skagit County at $1,668. Of the 12 places we track here, Concrete has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$89,263
Median home value
$545,100
Unemployment
4.9%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,668
HUD, Skagit County
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon | 35,377 | $1,405 | 22.2% |
| Anacortes | 17,966 | $1,702 | 22.2% |
| Sedro-Woolley | 12,831 | $1,525 | 22.6% |
| Burlington | 10,003 | $1,746 | 26.0% |
| Big Lake | 2,326 | $1,980 | 21.7% |
| Clear Lake | 1,093 | $1,536 | 25.7% |
| La Conner | 873 | $1,554 | 23.2% |
| Concrete | 833 | $1,073 | 15.8% |
| Alger | 687 | $1,536 | 16.9% |
| Bow | 585 | $1,536 | 27.5% |
| Bay View | 572 | $1,536 | 20.4% |
| Lake McMurray | 569 | $1,536 | 20.6% |
Nearby metro areas
Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.