Chipley vs Vernon

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

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

Chipley has the higher population (3,678 vs 723 in Vernon). Vernon has the higher median household income ($41,364 vs $34,311 in Chipley). Vernon has the higher median home value ($155,000 vs $132,800 in Chipley).

Population, income & housing

	Chipley	Vernon
Population	3,678	723
Median age	33.0 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$34,311	$41,364
Median home value	$132,800	$155,000
Median gross rent	$819	$900
Housing units	1,823	355
Homeownership rate	66.7%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chipley	Vernon
Population	3,525 → 3,678 (+4.3%)	728 → 723 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$29,688 → $34,311 (+15.6%)	$35,417 → $41,364 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $132,800 (+45.8%)	$71,000 → $155,000 (+118.3%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $819 (+7.9%)	$715 → $900 (+25.9%)

Chipley

Population

3,5253,678

Median household income

$29,688$34,311

Median home value

$91,100$132,800

Median gross rent

$759$819

Vernon

Population

728723

Median household income

$35,417$41,364

Median home value

$71,000$155,000

Median gross rent

$715$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chipley	Vernon
Under 5	12.1%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	21.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	8.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	18.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	10.2%
75 and over	8.2%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chipley	Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	67.6%
Black or African American	27.7%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	12.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chipley	Vernon
No high school diploma	17.2%	17.6%
High school graduate	34.2%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chipley	Vernon
Drove alone	85.8%	77.2%
Carpooled	12.1%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chipley	Vernon
1-unit, detached	77.9%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	23.9%

Poverty & households

	Chipley	Vernon
Poverty rate	18.4%	26.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	30	38
Median year structure built	1970	1979