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Vernon, TX

9,947 Population
7.9 square miles 1,260.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±4.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Vernon, TX Micro Area: 39.5 ±2
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$28,256 ±$5,043 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Vernon, TX Micro Area: $28,997 † ±$4,038
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$48,855 ±$7,223 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Vernon, TX Micro Area: $51,626 † ±$5,313
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

18.9% ±5.1% (1,815  ±493) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Vernon, TX Micro Area: 18.9% † 2,301 (±4% / ±482)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

13.7 minutes ±1.8 (57,220  ±9,359) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Vernon, TX Micro Area: 14.7 † 77,720 (±1.7 / ±11,150)
  • about half the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

3,740 ±279 Number of households
  • the Vernon, TX Micro Area: 4,737 ±264
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.6 ±0.2 (9,599  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Vernon, TX Micro Area: 2.5 11,877 (±0.1 / ±55)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

6.6% ±3.9% (152  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Vernon, TX Micro Area: 6% † 173 (±3.2% / ±93)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

4,729 ±149 Number of housing units
  • the Vernon, TX Micro Area: 5,848 ±34
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$89,700 ±$26,863 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Vernon, TX Micro Area: $98,800 † ±$26,644
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

16.7% ±4.7% (1,639  ±465.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Vernon, TX Micro Area: 16.8% † 2,102 (±4% / ±496.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

81.5% ±8.1% (5,427  ±556.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Vernon, TX Micro Area: 81.3% 7,022 (±7% / ±613.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
15.2% ±4.3% (1,011  ±285) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Vernon, TX Micro Area: 17.4% † 1,504 (±3.8% / ±328.9)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

6.1% ±2% (605  ±202) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Vernon, TX Micro Area: 5.5% 697
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

8.3% ±2.8% (636  ±212) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Vernon, TX Micro Area: 8.5% † 840 (±2.2% / ±214)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
636 Total veterans ±212 546 Male ±197 90 Female ±54

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