Crandon Lakes vs Vernon Valley

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

Crandon Lakes 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.

Crandon Lakes has the higher population (1,258 vs 983 in Vernon Valley). Vernon Valley has the higher median household income ($123,707 vs $92,434 in Crandon Lakes). Vernon Valley has the higher median home value ($321,600 vs $279,500 in Crandon Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Crandon Lakes	Vernon Valley
Population	1,258	983
Median age	43.4 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	$92,434	$123,707
Median home value	$279,500	$321,600
Housing units	489	426
Homeownership rate	95.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crandon Lakes	Vernon Valley
Population	1,252 → 1,258 (+0.5%)	1,448 → 983 (-32.1%)
Median household income	$78,542 → $92,434 (+17.7%)	$110,577 → $123,707 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$227,300 → $279,500 (+23.0%)	$237,000 → $321,600 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,237 → $1,380 (+11.6%)	—

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 Valley

Population

1,448983

Median household income

$110,577$123,707

Median home value

$237,000$321,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crandon Lakes	Vernon Valley
Under 5	3.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	1.6%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	4.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	18.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	27.1%
75 and over	11.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crandon Lakes	Vernon Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	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	1.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crandon Lakes	Vernon Valley
No high school diploma	2.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	30.5%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crandon Lakes	Vernon Valley
Drove alone	86.1%	65.0%
Carpooled	1.9%	7.8%
Public transit	2.3%	3.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	16.9%
Other means	0.0%	7.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crandon Lakes	Vernon Valley
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
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

	Crandon Lakes	Vernon Valley
Poverty rate	2.8%	2.5%
Average household size	2.57	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	32	37
Median year structure built	1966	1976