Pewaukee vs Vernon

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

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

Pewaukee has the higher population (8,240 vs 7,470 in Vernon). Vernon has the higher median household income ($121,401 vs $62,380 in Pewaukee). Vernon has the higher median home value ($412,600 vs $266,300 in Pewaukee).

Population, income & housing

	Pewaukee	Vernon
Population	8,240	7,470
Median age	45.3 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,380	$121,401
Median home value	$266,300	$412,600
Median gross rent	$1,281	$1,159
Housing units	4,444	3,128
Homeownership rate	59.1%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	41.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pewaukee	Vernon
Population	8,164 → 8,240 (+0.9%)	7,464 → 7,470 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$60,909 → $62,380 (+2.4%)	$110,208 → $121,401 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$211,100 → $266,300 (+26.1%)	$353,600 → $412,600 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$984 → $1,281 (+30.2%)	$865 → $1,159 (+34.0%)

Pewaukee

Population

8,1648,240

Median household income

$60,909$62,380

Median home value

$211,100$266,300

Median gross rent

$984$1,281

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)

	Pewaukee	Vernon
Under 5	3.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	7.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	17.2%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	19.1%
75 and over	10.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pewaukee	Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pewaukee	Vernon
No high school diploma	4.9%	1.5%
High school graduate	19.9%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pewaukee	Vernon
Drove alone	77.0%	81.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	14.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pewaukee	Vernon
1-unit, detached	38.5%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	30.7%	1.0%
20 or more units	15.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pewaukee	Vernon
Poverty rate	8.4%	2.3%
Average household size	1.87	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1987	1978