Lake Hughes vs Vernon

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

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

Lake Hughes has the higher population (875 vs 371 in Vernon). Lake Hughes has the higher median household income ($110,438 vs $70,833 in Vernon). Vernon has the higher median home value ($675,000 vs $519,400 in Lake Hughes).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Hughes	Vernon
Population	875	371
Median age	42.0 yrs	28.3 yrs
Median household income	$110,438	$70,833
Median home value	$519,400	$675,000
Median gross rent	$2,031	$1,325
Housing units	344	106
Homeownership rate	64.8%	7.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	22.5%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Hughes	Vernon
Population	520 → 875 (+68.3%)	130 → 371 (+185.4%)
Median household income	$96,563 → $110,438 (+14.4%)	$67,917 → $70,833 (+4.3%)
Median home value	$335,600 → $519,400 (+54.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,114 → $2,031 (+82.3%)	$1,102 → $1,325 (+20.2%)

Lake Hughes

Population

520875

Median household income

$96,563$110,438

Median home value

$335,600$519,400

Median gross rent

$1,114$2,031

Vernon

Population

130371

Median household income

$67,917$70,833

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Hughes	Vernon
Under 5	8.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.4%	31.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	11.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	10.5%
35 to 44	15.2%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	4.0%
55 to 64	5.5%	3.8%
65 to 74	20.2%	14.6%
75 and over	6.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Hughes	Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	5.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	90.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Hughes	Vernon
No high school diploma	16.2%	22.2%
High school graduate	31.4%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Hughes	Vernon
Drove alone	87.9%	72.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Hughes	Vernon
1-unit, detached	69.8%	21.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	16.9%	51.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Hughes	Vernon
Poverty rate	10.7%	2.2%
Average household size	2.94	3.71
Mean commute (minutes)	45	28
Median year structure built	1972	2012