Crandon Lakes vs Vernon Center

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

Crandon Lakes 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.

Vernon Center has the higher population (1,490 vs 1,258 in Crandon Lakes). Crandon Lakes has the higher median household income ($92,434 vs $74,853 in Vernon Center). Crandon Lakes has the higher median home value ($279,500 vs $160,300 in Vernon Center).

Population, income & housing

	Crandon Lakes	Vernon Center
Population	1,258	1,490
Median age	43.4 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$92,434	$74,853
Median home value	$279,500	$160,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,492
Housing units	489	1,257
Homeownership rate	95.9%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crandon Lakes	Vernon Center
Population	1,252 → 1,258 (+0.5%)	1,371 → 1,490 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$78,542 → $92,434 (+17.7%)	$61,339 → $74,853 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$227,300 → $279,500 (+23.0%)	$141,800 → $160,300 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,237 → $1,380 (+11.6%)	$1,226 → $1,492 (+21.7%)

Crandon Lakes

Population

1,2521,258

Median household income

$78,542$92,434

Median home value

$227,300$279,500

Median gross rent

$1,237$1,380

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)

	Crandon Lakes	Vernon Center
Under 5	3.3%	1.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	2.6%
18 to 24	10.3%	14.8%
25 to 34	8.7%	19.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	22.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	6.4%
75 and over	11.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crandon Lakes	Vernon Center
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	79.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crandon Lakes	Vernon Center
No high school diploma	2.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	30.5%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crandon Lakes	Vernon Center
Drove alone	86.1%	78.5%
Carpooled	1.9%	4.9%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crandon Lakes	Vernon Center
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Crandon Lakes	Vernon Center
Poverty rate	2.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.57	1.50
Mean commute (minutes)	32	44
Median year structure built	1966	1983