Ogdensburg vs Vernon Center

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

Ogdensburg 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.

Ogdensburg has the higher population (2,231 vs 1,490 in Vernon Center). Ogdensburg has the higher median household income ($104,946 vs $74,853 in Vernon Center). Ogdensburg has the higher median home value ($311,900 vs $160,300 in Vernon Center).

Population, income & housing

	Ogdensburg	Vernon Center
Population	2,231	1,490
Median age	38.7 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$104,946	$74,853
Median home value	$311,900	$160,300
Median gross rent	$1,390	$1,492
Housing units	984	1,257
Homeownership rate	88.6%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ogdensburg	Vernon Center
Population	2,317 → 2,231 (-3.7%)	1,371 → 1,490 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$89,091 → $104,946 (+17.8%)	$61,339 → $74,853 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$223,400 → $311,900 (+39.6%)	$141,800 → $160,300 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,440 → $1,390 (-3.5%)	$1,226 → $1,492 (+21.7%)

Ogdensburg

Population

2,3172,231

Median household income

$89,091$104,946

Median home value

$223,400$311,900

Median gross rent

$1,440$1,390

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)

	Ogdensburg	Vernon Center
Under 5	2.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	2.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	14.8%
25 to 34	15.9%	19.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	22.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.4%
75 and over	7.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ogdensburg	Vernon Center
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	79.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ogdensburg	Vernon Center
No high school diploma	3.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	32.1%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ogdensburg	Vernon Center
Drove alone	88.5%	78.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	15.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ogdensburg	Vernon Center
1-unit, detached	87.4%	13.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	63.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Ogdensburg	Vernon Center
Poverty rate	7.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.60	1.50
Mean commute (minutes)	34	44
Median year structure built	1964	1983