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Vernon, AL

1,714 Population
5.9 square miles 290.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±14.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lamar County: 44.2 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,818 ±$4,109 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lamar County: $26,045 ±$1,848
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$27,967 ±$7,680 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lamar County: $50,000 † ±$7,590
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

34.8% ±11.8% (596  ±237) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Lamar County: 18% † 2,449 (±3.5% / ±469)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.8 minutes ±6.6 (12,385  ±5,402) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lamar County: 25.5 123,675 (±1.7 / ±11,696)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

814 ±177 Number of households
  • Lamar County: 5,086 ±257
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.6 (1,710  ±352) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lamar County: 2.7 13,584 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

18.1% ±14.3% (95  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Lamar County: 9.2% † 261 (±4% / ±114)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,011 ±192 Number of housing units
  • Lamar County: 7,123 ±30
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$103,800 ±$19,521 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lamar County: $114,000 ±$7,350
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.9% ±6.4% (117  ±111.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lamar County: 4.7% † 639 (±1.5% / ±199.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.8% ±25.3% (1,110  ±211.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lamar County: 83.5% 8,109 (±5.6% / ±541.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.7% ±4.9% (118  ±64.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lamar County: 12.1% † 1,171 (±2.2% / ±213.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.4% ±0.5% (6  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lamar County: 0.5% 72
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.3% ±2.6% (57  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lamar County: 6.9% † 736 (±1.7% / ±177)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
57 Total veterans ±37 57 Male ±37 N/A Female ±13

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