Because of many things, Vernon is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Vernon really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Vernon perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
In Vernon, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 39.69 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
In terms of college education, Vernon is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.45% of adults in Vernon have a college degree.
The per capita income in Vernon in 2022 was $48,905, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $195,620 for a family of four. However, Vernon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Vernon is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vernon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vernon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Vernon also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.27% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Vernon include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Vernon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
