Layton vs Vernon Center

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

Layton 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 896 in Layton). Layton has the higher median household income ($106,799 vs $74,853 in Vernon Center). Layton has the higher median home value ($333,900 vs $160,300 in Vernon Center).

Population, income & housing

	Layton	Vernon Center
Population	896	1,490
Median age	38.5 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$106,799	$74,853
Median home value	$333,900	$160,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,492
Housing units	329	1,257
Homeownership rate	97.6%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.3%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Layton	Vernon Center
Population	928 → 896 (-3.4%)	1,371 → 1,490 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$88,750 → $106,799 (+20.3%)	$61,339 → $74,853 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$273,400 → $333,900 (+22.1%)	$141,800 → $160,300 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,567 → $1,542 (-1.6%)	$1,226 → $1,492 (+21.7%)

Layton

Population

928896

Median household income

$88,750$106,799

Median home value

$273,400$333,900

Median gross rent

$1,567$1,542

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)

	Layton	Vernon Center
Under 5	8.4%	1.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	2.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	14.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	19.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	18.4%	22.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	6.4%
75 and over	6.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Layton	Vernon Center
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	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	13.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Layton	Vernon Center
No high school diploma	9.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	27.1%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Layton	Vernon Center
Drove alone	77.5%	78.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Layton	Vernon Center
1-unit, detached	97.0%	13.1%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	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

	Layton	Vernon Center
Poverty rate	0.7%	6.7%
Average household size	2.72	1.50
Mean commute (minutes)	30	44
Median year structure built	1975	1983