Andover vs Vernon Valley

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

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

Vernon Valley has the higher population (983 vs 716 in Andover). Vernon Valley has the higher median household income ($123,707 vs $78,750 in Andover). Andover has the higher median home value ($355,400 vs $321,600 in Vernon Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Andover	Vernon Valley
Population	716	983
Median age	42.5 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$123,707
Median home value	$355,400	$321,600
Median gross rent	$1,549	—
Housing units	299	426
Homeownership rate	60.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.9%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andover	Vernon Valley
Population	589 → 716 (+21.6%)	1,448 → 983 (-32.1%)
Median household income	$64,653 → $78,750 (+21.8%)	$110,577 → $123,707 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$282,100 → $355,400 (+26.0%)	$237,000 → $321,600 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $1,549 (+38.9%)	—

Andover

Population

589716

Median household income

$64,653$78,750

Median home value

$282,100$355,400

Median gross rent

$1,115$1,549

Vernon Valley

Population

1,448983

Median household income

$110,577$123,707

Median home value

$237,000$321,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andover	Vernon Valley
Under 5	2.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	1.6%
18 to 24	12.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	4.3%
45 to 54	22.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	18.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	27.1%
75 and over	4.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andover	Vernon Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	15.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andover	Vernon Valley
No high school diploma	14.4%	2.9%
High school graduate	17.4%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andover	Vernon Valley
Drove alone	72.8%	65.0%
Carpooled	12.3%	7.8%
Public transit	3.3%	3.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	16.9%
Other means	0.0%	7.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andover	Vernon Valley
1-unit, detached	69.9%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	24.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Andover	Vernon Valley
Poverty rate	4.9%	2.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	39	37
Median year structure built	1955	1976