Elm Grove vs Vernon

A side-by-side comparison of Elm Grove and Vernon: population, income, housing, and more.

Elm Grove and Vernon are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vernon has the higher population (7,470 vs 6,428 in Elm Grove). Elm Grove has the higher median household income ($133,304 vs $121,401 in Vernon). Elm Grove has the higher median home value ($468,000 vs $412,600 in Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Elm Grove	Vernon
Population	6,428	7,470
Median age	44.6 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$133,304	$121,401
Median home value	$468,000	$412,600
Median gross rent	$1,788	$1,159
Housing units	2,316	3,128
Homeownership rate	88.4%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.0%	41.5%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elm Grove	Vernon
Population	6,153 → 6,428 (+4.5%)	7,464 → 7,470 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$106,058 → $133,304 (+25.7%)	$110,208 → $121,401 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$370,500 → $468,000 (+26.3%)	$353,600 → $412,600 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,788 (+88.2%)	$865 → $1,159 (+34.0%)

Elm Grove

Population

6,1536,428

Median household income

$106,058$133,304

Median home value

$370,500$468,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,788

Vernon

Population

7,4647,470

Median household income

$110,208$121,401

Median home value

$353,600$412,600

Median gross rent

$865$1,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elm Grove	Vernon
Under 5	8.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	4.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	7.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.1%	15.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	19.1%
75 and over	9.9%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elm Grove	Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	2.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elm Grove	Vernon
No high school diploma	0.9%	1.5%
High school graduate	11.9%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	41.5%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elm Grove	Vernon
Drove alone	71.0%	81.7%
Carpooled	3.5%	3.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	14.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elm Grove	Vernon
1-unit, detached	77.0%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.0%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elm Grove	Vernon
Poverty rate	4.5%	2.3%
Average household size	2.80	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1961	1978