St. Mary Parish vs Vernon Parish

A side-by-side comparison of St. Mary Parish and Vernon Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

St. Mary Parish and Vernon Parish are counties in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Mary Parish has the higher population (48,455 vs 47,764 in Vernon Parish). Vernon Parish has the higher median household income ($58,281 vs $51,768 in St. Mary Parish). Vernon Parish has the higher median home value ($143,500 vs $128,000 in St. Mary Parish).

Population, income & housing

	St. Mary Parish	Vernon Parish
Population	48,455	47,764
Median age	39.7 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,768	$58,281
Median home value	$128,000	$143,500
Median gross rent	$839	$1,038
Housing units	22,510	22,073
Homeownership rate	69.8%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Mary Parish	Vernon Parish
Population	50,968 → 48,455 (-4.9%)	49,646 → 47,764 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$40,485 → $51,768 (+27.9%)	$49,141 → $58,281 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$106,900 → $128,000 (+19.7%)	$119,300 → $143,500 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $839 (+7.4%)	$951 → $1,038 (+9.1%)

St. Mary Parish

Population

50,96848,455

Median household income

$40,485$51,768

Median home value

$106,900$128,000

Median gross rent

$781$839

Vernon Parish

Population

49,64647,764

Median household income

$49,141$58,281

Median home value

$119,300$143,500

Median gross rent

$951$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	St. Mary Parish	Vernon Parish
Under 5	6.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	11.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	16.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.9%
75 and over	7.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Mary Parish	Vernon Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	70.1%
Black or African American	28.9%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.8%
Asian	1.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Mary Parish	Vernon Parish
No high school diploma	19.4%	12.4%
High school graduate	46.0%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Mary Parish	Vernon Parish
Drove alone	84.1%	80.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Mary Parish	Vernon Parish
1-unit, detached	68.5%	50.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.7%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	St. Mary Parish	Vernon Parish
Poverty rate	22.1%	18.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1976	1988