Detroit vs Vernon

A side-by-side comparison of Detroit and Vernon: population, income, housing, and more.

Detroit and Vernon are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vernon has the higher population (1,819 vs 230 in Detroit). Vernon has the higher median household income ($27,174 vs $16,250 in Detroit). Vernon has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $76,800 in Detroit).

Population, income & housing

	Detroit	Vernon
Population	230	1,819
Median age	42.0 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$16,250	$27,174
Median home value	$76,800	$112,500
Median gross rent	$376	$464
Housing units	129	1,058
Homeownership rate	44.0%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Detroit	Vernon
Population	257 → 230 (-10.5%)	1,961 → 1,819 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $16,250 (-48.0%)	$28,885 → $27,174 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $76,800 (+15.5%)	$101,300 → $112,500 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$315 → $376 (+19.4%)	$381 → $464 (+21.8%)

Detroit

Population

257230

Median household income

$31,250$16,250

Median home value

$66,500$76,800

Median gross rent

$315$376

Vernon

Population

1,9611,819

Median household income

$28,885$27,174

Median home value

$101,300$112,500

Median gross rent

$381$464

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Detroit	Vernon
Under 5	13.9%	11.5%
5 to 17	11.3%	12.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	17.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	4.3%	7.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.1%
75 and over	10.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Detroit	Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	54.8%	75.0%
Black or African American	38.7%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Detroit	Vernon
No high school diploma	27.4%	13.4%
High school graduate	42.7%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Detroit	Vernon
Drove alone	53.7%	86.2%
Carpooled	46.3%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Detroit	Vernon
1-unit, detached	40.3%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	48.8%	42.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Detroit	Vernon
Poverty rate	43.0%	29.5%
Average household size	2.74	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1976	1975