Laingsburg vs Vernon

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

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

Laingsburg has the higher population (1,640 vs 623 in Vernon). Laingsburg has the higher median household income ($75,547 vs $67,292 in Vernon). Laingsburg has the higher median home value ($202,600 vs $122,000 in Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Laingsburg	Vernon
Population	1,640	623
Median age	30.0 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,547	$67,292
Median home value	$202,600	$122,000
Median gross rent	$755	$1,063
Housing units	556	272
Homeownership rate	69.8%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laingsburg	Vernon
Population	1,264 → 1,640 (+29.7%)	679 → 623 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $75,547 (+23.3%)	$64,688 → $67,292 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$142,600 → $202,600 (+42.1%)	$97,200 → $122,000 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $755 (+3.4%)	$725 → $1,063 (+46.6%)

Laingsburg

Population

1,2641,640

Median household income

$61,250$75,547

Median home value

$142,600$202,600

Median gross rent

$730$755

Vernon

Population

679623

Median household income

$64,688$67,292

Median home value

$97,200$122,000

Median gross rent

$725$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laingsburg	Vernon
Under 5	18.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	15.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	15.7%
65 to 74	5.7%	16.4%
75 and over	3.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laingsburg	Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	94.5%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laingsburg	Vernon
No high school diploma	4.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	29.7%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laingsburg	Vernon
Drove alone	84.9%	84.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	8.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laingsburg	Vernon
1-unit, detached	78.1%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Laingsburg	Vernon
Poverty rate	26.3%	13.2%
Average household size	3.14	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1970	1955