Deer Island vs Vernonia

A side-by-side comparison of Deer Island and Vernonia: population, income, housing, and more.

Deer Island and Vernonia are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vernonia has the higher population (2,716 vs 191 in Deer Island). Since 2019, Vernonia's population has grown faster (+46.3% vs +29.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Island	Vernonia
Population	191	2,716
Median age	41.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$83,324
Median home value	—	$321,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,213
Housing units	82	1,117
Homeownership rate	82.9%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	25.9%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Island	Vernonia
Population	147 → 191 (+29.9%)	1,856 → 2,716 (+46.3%)
Median household income	$27,639 → $23,750 (-14.1%)	$53,491 → $83,324 (+55.8%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $154,800 (+7.6%)	$187,900 → $321,200 (+70.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,344 → $1,213 (-9.7%)

Deer Island

Population

147191

Median household income

$27,639$23,750

Median home value

$143,800$154,800

Vernonia

Population

1,8562,716

Median household income

$53,491$83,324

Median home value

$187,900$321,200

Median gross rent

$1,344$1,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Island	Vernonia
Under 5	18.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.1%	21.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	22.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	20.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	16.8%	7.4%
75 and over	3.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Island	Vernonia
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Island	Vernonia
No high school diploma	5.0%	11.1%
High school graduate	29.8%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	57.9%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Island	Vernonia
Drove alone	65.2%	67.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	34.8%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Island	Vernonia
1-unit, detached	35.4%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	64.6%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Deer Island	Vernonia
Poverty rate	11.5%	7.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	22	39
Median year structure built	1991	1990