Shaftsburg vs Vernon

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

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

Vernon has the higher population (623 vs 498 in Shaftsburg). Shaftsburg has the higher median household income ($90,054 vs $67,292 in Vernon). Shaftsburg has the higher median home value ($235,900 vs $122,000 in Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Shaftsburg	Vernon
Population	498	623
Median age	54.0 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$90,054	$67,292
Median home value	$235,900	$122,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,063
Housing units	296	272
Homeownership rate	94.0%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shaftsburg	Vernon
Population	293 → 498 (+70.0%)	679 → 623 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$49,432 → $90,054 (+82.2%)	$64,688 → $67,292 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$193,500 → $235,900 (+21.9%)	$97,200 → $122,000 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $855 (+10.0%)	$725 → $1,063 (+46.6%)

Shaftsburg

Population

293498

Median household income

$49,432$90,054

Median home value

$193,500$235,900

Median gross rent

$777$855

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)

	Shaftsburg	Vernon
Under 5	1.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	10.2%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	4.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.0%
45 to 54	19.1%	15.4%
55 to 64	20.7%	15.7%
65 to 74	20.1%	16.4%
75 and over	4.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shaftsburg	Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shaftsburg	Vernon
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	51.2%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shaftsburg	Vernon
Drove alone	77.9%	84.8%
Carpooled	2.4%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shaftsburg	Vernon
1-unit, detached	85.5%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Shaftsburg	Vernon
Poverty rate	4.0%	13.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	22	37
Median year structure built	1979	1955