Amboy vs Vernon Center

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

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

Amboy has the higher population (553 vs 326 in Vernon Center). Amboy has the higher median household income ($78,214 vs $68,750 in Vernon Center). Vernon Center has the higher median home value ($130,400 vs $125,300 in Amboy).

Population, income & housing

	Amboy	Vernon Center
Population	553	326
Median age	45.5 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,214	$68,750
Median home value	$125,300	$130,400
Median gross rent	$760	$967
Housing units	259	143
Homeownership rate	84.0%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amboy	Vernon Center
Population	651 → 553 (-15.1%)	366 → 326 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $78,214 (+54.5%)	$64,375 → $68,750 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$94,200 → $125,300 (+33.0%)	$109,600 → $130,400 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $760 (+27.7%)	$910 → $967 (+6.3%)

Amboy

Population

651553

Median household income

$50,625$78,214

Median home value

$94,200$125,300

Median gross rent

$595$760

Vernon Center

Population

366326

Median household income

$64,375$68,750

Median home value

$109,600$130,400

Median gross rent

$910$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amboy	Vernon Center
Under 5	5.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	15.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	11.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.0%
75 and over	13.0%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amboy	Vernon Center
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amboy	Vernon Center
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	31.5%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amboy	Vernon Center
Drove alone	89.0%	76.4%
Carpooled	1.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	11.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amboy	Vernon Center
1-unit, detached	86.1%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Amboy	Vernon Center
Poverty rate	11.9%	3.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938