Sylvan Beach vs Vernon

A side-by-side comparison of Sylvan Beach and Vernon: population, income, housing, and more.

Sylvan Beach and Vernon are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vernon has the higher population (1,313 vs 889 in Sylvan Beach). Vernon has the higher median household income ($62,031 vs $55,268 in Sylvan Beach). Vernon has the higher median home value ($169,300 vs $151,600 in Sylvan Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Sylvan Beach	Vernon
Population	889	1,313
Median age	54.4 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,268	$62,031
Median home value	$151,600	$169,300
Median gross rent	$941	$941
Housing units	945	631
Homeownership rate	68.4%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sylvan Beach	Vernon
Population	922 → 889 (-3.6%)	1,318 → 1,313 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $55,268 (+22.8%)	$50,625 → $62,031 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $151,600 (+68.4%)	$121,400 → $169,300 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$870 → $941 (+8.2%)	$725 → $941 (+29.8%)

Sylvan Beach

Population

922889

Median household income

$45,000$55,268

Median home value

$90,000$151,600

Median gross rent

$870$941

Vernon

Population

1,3181,313

Median household income

$50,625$62,031

Median home value

$121,400$169,300

Median gross rent

$725$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sylvan Beach	Vernon
Under 5	3.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	6.1%	11.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	16.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	7.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.1%	19.6%
55 to 64	25.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	12.0%
75 and over	12.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sylvan Beach	Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sylvan Beach	Vernon
No high school diploma	5.6%	12.3%
High school graduate	37.2%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sylvan Beach	Vernon
Drove alone	70.6%	68.2%
Carpooled	15.2%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	18.6%
Other means	6.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sylvan Beach	Vernon
1-unit, detached	69.5%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	23.6%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	19.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sylvan Beach	Vernon
Poverty rate	11.5%	14.2%
Average household size	1.78	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1958	1941