North Vernon vs Vernon

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

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

North Vernon has the higher population (7,214 vs 224 in Vernon). Vernon has the higher median household income ($67,188 vs $48,235 in North Vernon). North Vernon has the higher median home value ($107,900 vs $82,500 in Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	North Vernon	Vernon
Population	7,214	224
Median age	37.1 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,235	$67,188
Median home value	$107,900	$82,500
Median gross rent	$904	$688
Housing units	3,103	127
Homeownership rate	55.7%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Vernon	Vernon
Population	6,735 → 7,214 (+7.1%)	326 → 224 (-31.3%)
Median household income	$49,178 → $48,235 (-1.9%)	$35,625 → $67,188 (+88.6%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $107,900 (+15.4%)	$78,300 → $82,500 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $904 (+31.2%)	$775 → $688 (-11.2%)

North Vernon

Population

6,7357,214

Median household income

$49,178$48,235

Median home value

$93,500$107,900

Median gross rent

$689$904

Vernon

Population

326224

Median household income

$35,625$67,188

Median home value

$78,300$82,500

Median gross rent

$775$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Vernon	Vernon
Under 5	5.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.2%	2.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	21.0%
45 to 54	15.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	9.1%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.9%
75 and over	7.7%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Vernon	Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	92.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Vernon	Vernon
No high school diploma	11.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	44.1%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Vernon	Vernon
Drove alone	74.6%	83.5%
Carpooled	16.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Vernon	Vernon
1-unit, detached	65.0%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	25.2%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	North Vernon	Vernon
Poverty rate	18.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1968	1938