Pemberton vs Vernon Center

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

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

Vernon Center has the higher population (326 vs 236 in Pemberton). Vernon Center has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $54,750 in Pemberton). Pemberton has the higher median home value ($155,000 vs $130,400 in Vernon Center).

Population, income & housing

	Pemberton	Vernon Center
Population	236	326
Median age	31.4 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,750	$68,750
Median home value	$155,000	$130,400
Median gross rent	$1,725	$967
Housing units	99	143
Homeownership rate	87.6%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pemberton	Vernon Center
Population	240 → 236 (-1.7%)	366 → 326 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$59,464 → $54,750 (-7.9%)	$64,375 → $68,750 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$121,200 → $155,000 (+27.9%)	$109,600 → $130,400 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$892 → $1,725 (+93.4%)	$910 → $967 (+6.3%)

Pemberton

Population

240236

Median household income

$59,464$54,750

Median home value

$121,200$155,000

Median gross rent

$892$1,725

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)

	Pemberton	Vernon Center
Under 5	6.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	21.6%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	11.7%
25 to 34	22.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.0%
65 to 74	5.1%	12.0%
75 and over	3.8%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pemberton	Vernon Center
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	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	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pemberton	Vernon Center
No high school diploma	4.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	33.6%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pemberton	Vernon Center
Drove alone	79.7%	76.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.0%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	11.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	6.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pemberton	Vernon Center
1-unit, detached	93.9%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Pemberton	Vernon Center
Poverty rate	10.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1971	1938