Alpine vs Vernon

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

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

Vernon has the higher population (230 vs 103 in Alpine). Since 2019, Vernon's population has grown faster (+41.1% vs -33.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Vernon
Population	103	230
Median age	66.8 yrs	22.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,792	—
Median home value	$190,000	—
Median gross rent	$900	—
Housing units	156	85
Homeownership rate	76.3%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Vernon
Population	154 → 103 (-33.1%)	163 → 230 (+41.1%)
Median household income	$39,306 → $39,792 (+1.2%)	—
Median home value	$157,800 → $190,000 (+20.4%)	$172,900 → $169,600 (-1.9%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $900 (+23.1%)	—

Alpine

Population

154103

Median household income

$39,306$39,792

Median home value

$157,800$190,000

Median gross rent

$731$900

Vernon

Population

163230

Median home value

$172,900$169,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Vernon
Under 5	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	29.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	25.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.9%	24.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	23.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	0.0%
75 and over	44.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Vernon
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.1%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	61.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Vernon
Drove alone	82.8%	41.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	58.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Vernon
1-unit, detached	69.9%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.6%	41.2%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Vernon
Poverty rate	26.2%	0.0%
Average household size	1.36	4.26
Median year structure built	1978	1960