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Vernon, AL

1,819 Population
5.9 square miles 308.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±12.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lamar County: 44.5 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$19,430 ±$3,296 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lamar County: $24,169 ±$1,317
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$27,174 ±$9,035 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lamar County: $47,447 † ±$5,429
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

29.5% ±12.4% (536  ±255) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Lamar County: 15.1% † 2,061 (±3.4% / ±465)
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

20.1 minutes ±3.3 (10,250  ±3,653) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lamar County: 25.1 119,570 (±1.7 / ±12,033)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

784 ±168 Number of households
  • Lamar County: 4,987 ±255
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.3 ±0.1 (1,817  ±400) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lamar County: 2.7 13,666 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

12.2% ±13.1% (69  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lamar County: 7.6% † 209 (±3.9% / ±107)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

1,058 ±191 Number of housing units
  • Lamar County: 7,107 ±23
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$112,500 ±$33,027 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lamar County: $112,700 ±$7,300
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

7.8% ±7% (141  ±131.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lamar County: 5.4% † 731 (±1.5% / ±198.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

86.6% ±5.9% (1,095  ±233) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lamar County: 83.9% 8,244 (±5.5% / ±546.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
11.7% ±5.2% (148  ±72.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lamar County: 11.6% † 1,139 (±2.3% / ±225.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

0.3% ±0.6% (6  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lamar County: 0.6% 77
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

4.6% ±3% (64  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lamar County: 6.9% † 735 (±1.6% / ±170)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
64 Total veterans ±44 64 Male ±44 N/A Female ±13

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