Lower Berkshire Valley vs New Vernon

A side-by-side comparison of Lower Berkshire Valley and New Vernon: population, income, housing, and more.

Lower Berkshire Valley and New Vernon are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Vernon has the higher population (791 vs 532 in Lower Berkshire Valley). New Vernon has the higher median home value ($1,606,500 vs $392,000 in Lower Berkshire Valley). Since 2019, Lower Berkshire Valley's population has grown faster (+4.1% vs -7.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Berkshire Valley	New Vernon
Population	532	791
Median age	52.8 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$99,957	—
Median home value	$392,000	$1,606,500
Median gross rent	—	$3,205
Housing units	238	310
Homeownership rate	91.2%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	75.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Berkshire Valley	New Vernon
Population	511 → 532 (+4.1%)	851 → 791 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$100,625 → $99,957 (-0.7%)	$65,000 → $100,844 (+55.1%)
Median home value	$365,000 → $392,000 (+7.4%)	$2,000,001 → $1,606,500 (-19.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,417 → $3,205 (+32.6%)

Lower Berkshire Valley

Population

511532

Median household income

$100,625$99,957

Median home value

$365,000$392,000

New Vernon

Population

851791

Median household income

$65,000$100,844

Median home value

$2,000,001$1,606,500

Median gross rent

$2,417$3,205

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lower Berkshire Valley	New Vernon
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.6%	25.3%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	7.8%
35 to 44	4.3%	7.1%
45 to 54	24.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	22.4%	19.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	17.2%
75 and over	6.4%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Berkshire Valley	New Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	66.5%	91.0%
Black or African American	11.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Berkshire Valley	New Vernon
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.6%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	43.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	32.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Berkshire Valley	New Vernon
Drove alone	69.2%	74.2%
Carpooled	14.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	11.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Berkshire Valley	New Vernon
1-unit, detached	97.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lower Berkshire Valley	New Vernon
Poverty rate	6.4%	11.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	55	36
Median year structure built	1964	1951