Vernon Center vs Vernon Valley

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

Vernon Center 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.

Vernon Center has the higher population (1,490 vs 983 in Vernon Valley). Vernon Valley has the higher median household income ($123,707 vs $74,853 in Vernon Center). Vernon Valley has the higher median home value ($321,600 vs $160,300 in Vernon Center).

Population, income & housing

	Vernon Center	Vernon Valley
Population	1,490	983
Median age	43.0 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,853	$123,707
Median home value	$160,300	$321,600
Median gross rent	$1,492	—
Housing units	1,257	426
Homeownership rate	72.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Vernon Center	Vernon Valley
Population	1,371 → 1,490 (+8.7%)	1,448 → 983 (-32.1%)
Median household income	$61,339 → $74,853 (+22.0%)	$110,577 → $123,707 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$141,800 → $160,300 (+13.0%)	$237,000 → $321,600 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,226 → $1,492 (+21.7%)	—

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

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)

	Vernon Center	Vernon Valley
Under 5	1.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	2.6%	1.6%
18 to 24	14.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	19.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	4.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	22.8%	18.3%
65 to 74	6.4%	27.1%
75 and over	5.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Vernon Center	Vernon Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	94.8%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Vernon Center	Vernon Valley
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.9%
High school graduate	20.8%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Vernon Center	Vernon Valley
Drove alone	78.5%	65.0%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	3.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	16.9%
Other means	0.0%	7.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Vernon Center	Vernon Valley
1-unit, detached	13.1%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	63.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Vernon Center	Vernon Valley
Poverty rate	6.7%	2.5%
Average household size	1.50	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	44	37
Median year structure built	1983	1976