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Vernon township, Sussex County, NJ

22,440 Population
67.5 square miles 332.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Sussex County: 44.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$53,012 ±$3,723 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Sussex County: $54,124 ±$1,552
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$110,862 ±$5,805 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Sussex County: $111,094 ±$2,734
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

4% ±1.2% (903  ±268) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sussex County: 5.5% † 7,948 (±0.7% / ±1,025)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

41.7 minutes ±1.1 (444,970  ±31,597) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 36.6 2,443,565 (±0.6 / ±61,398)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

8,937 ±294 Number of households
  • Sussex County: 56,348 ±541
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.5 ±0.1 (22,389  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Sussex County: 2.5 142,977 (±0 / ±60)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

5.5% ±2.4% (269  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 4.5% † 1,377 (±0.8% / ±241)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

10,480 ±361 Number of housing units
  • Sussex County: 62,709 ±85
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$281,700 ±$7,468 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sussex County: $322,300 ±$4,944
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

9.8% ±2.3% (2,173  ±,516.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 8.6% 12,335 (±0.8% / ±1,211)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

96.4% ±5.3% (15,966  ±,955.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sussex County: 95.4% 100,295 (±1.9% / ±1,976.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
33.4% ±3.3% (5,537  ±,556.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 39% 40,950 (±1.1% / ±1,180.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.4% ±2.1% (1,878  ±464) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Sussex County: 8.1% 11,743
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

4.4% ±1% (794  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 5.4% 6,349 (±0.4% / ±516)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
794 Total veterans ±186 769 Male ±183 25 Female ±40

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