Sulligent vs Vernon

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

Sulligent 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 1,440 in Sulligent). Sulligent has the higher median household income ($30,625 vs $27,174 in Vernon). Sulligent has the higher median home value ($132,400 vs $112,500 in Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Sulligent	Vernon
Population	1,440	1,819
Median age	49.7 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$30,625	$27,174
Median home value	$132,400	$112,500
Median gross rent	$507	$464
Housing units	792	1,058
Homeownership rate	64.1%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sulligent	Vernon
Population	1,917 → 1,440 (-24.9%)	1,961 → 1,819 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$24,091 → $30,625 (+27.1%)	$28,885 → $27,174 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$69,300 → $132,400 (+91.1%)	$101,300 → $112,500 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$395 → $507 (+28.4%)	$381 → $464 (+21.8%)

Sulligent

Population

1,9171,440

Median household income

$24,091$30,625

Median home value

$69,300$132,400

Median gross rent

$395$507

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)

	Sulligent	Vernon
Under 5	8.2%	11.5%
5 to 17	18.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	7.3%	7.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	15.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	18.6%	12.1%
75 and over	10.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sulligent	Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	75.0%
Black or African American	3.1%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sulligent	Vernon
No high school diploma	14.1%	13.4%
High school graduate	41.5%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sulligent	Vernon
Drove alone	77.2%	86.2%
Carpooled	15.7%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sulligent	Vernon
1-unit, detached	67.9%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	21.6%	42.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	8.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Sulligent	Vernon
Poverty rate	24.6%	29.5%
Average household size	2.75	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1974	1975