Good Thunder vs Vernon Center

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

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

Good Thunder has the higher population (423 vs 326 in Vernon Center). Good Thunder has the higher median household income ($71,818 vs $68,750 in Vernon Center). Good Thunder has the higher median home value ($169,900 vs $130,400 in Vernon Center).

Population, income & housing

	Good Thunder	Vernon Center
Population	423	326
Median age	53.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,818	$68,750
Median home value	$169,900	$130,400
Median gross rent	—	$967
Housing units	253	143
Homeownership rate	88.6%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Good Thunder	Vernon Center
Population	564 → 423 (-25.0%)	366 → 326 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$56,964 → $71,818 (+26.1%)	$64,375 → $68,750 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$117,200 → $169,900 (+45.0%)	$109,600 → $130,400 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $592 (+4.6%)	$910 → $967 (+6.3%)

Good Thunder

Population

564423

Median household income

$56,964$71,818

Median home value

$117,200$169,900

Median gross rent

$566$592

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)

	Good Thunder	Vernon Center
Under 5	4.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	10.2%	15.3%
18 to 24	3.1%	11.7%
25 to 34	16.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	8.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	24.8%	11.0%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.0%
75 and over	5.2%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Good Thunder	Vernon Center
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	96.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	1.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Good Thunder	Vernon Center
No high school diploma	3.4%	6.8%
High school graduate	38.8%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Good Thunder	Vernon Center
Drove alone	80.2%	76.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	11.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	6.5%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Good Thunder	Vernon Center
1-unit, detached	89.7%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Good Thunder	Vernon Center
Poverty rate	8.5%	3.4%
Average household size	1.92	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1950	1938