Byram Center vs Vernon Center

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

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

Byram Center has the higher population (2,018 vs 1,490 in Vernon Center). Byram Center has the higher median household income ($122,639 vs $74,853 in Vernon Center). Byram Center has the higher median home value ($349,300 vs $160,300 in Vernon Center).

Population, income & housing

	Byram Center	Vernon Center
Population	2,018	1,490
Median age	38.9 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$122,639	$74,853
Median home value	$349,300	$160,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,492
Housing units	747	1,257
Homeownership rate	97.9%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byram Center	Vernon Center
Population	39 → 2,018 (+5074.4%)	1,371 → 1,490 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$105,000 → $122,639 (+16.8%)	$61,339 → $74,853 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$279,000 → $349,300 (+25.2%)	$141,800 → $160,300 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,226 → $1,492 (+21.7%)

Byram Center

Population

392,018

Median household income

$105,000$122,639

Median home value

$279,000$349,300

Vernon Center

Population

1,3711,490

Median household income

$61,339$74,853

Median home value

$141,800$160,300

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,492

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byram Center	Vernon Center
Under 5	5.6%	1.8%
5 to 17	12.2%	2.6%
18 to 24	14.5%	14.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	19.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	8.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	19.4%	22.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.4%
75 and over	4.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byram Center	Vernon Center
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	79.9%
Black or African American	2.8%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byram Center	Vernon Center
No high school diploma	2.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	18.0%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byram Center	Vernon Center
Drove alone	81.4%	78.5%
Carpooled	3.0%	4.9%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byram Center	Vernon Center
1-unit, detached	97.9%	13.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	63.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Byram Center	Vernon Center
Poverty rate	2.2%	6.7%
Average household size	2.70	1.50
Mean commute (minutes)	32	44
Median year structure built	1971	1983