Vernon’s household incomes are lower than in 68% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Vernon itself; outside it, Oneida draws the most (13%, 7 miles). Poverty touches 12.4% of residents, where New York as a whole has 14.0%. The two grades for Vernon are C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Vernon apart
Commutes from Vernon are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Vernon makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Vernon are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Vernon residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Vernon pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Vernon pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 496 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Vernon earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Vernon is better than 37% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Vernon’s grade up (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($63,988, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Vernon’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Vernon could be anywhere from C− to B.
Time on the road from Vernon: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vernon workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 537 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A place that makes things: 46% of Vernon’s jobs are in goods
454 jobs are based in Vernon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 483 → 454. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vernon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Vernon
On a workday 486 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 444 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Vernon: the destinations
Where Vernon clocks in
13% of workers
13% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Vernon
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Vernon: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Vernon is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 666 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 12.9% of Vernon households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Vernon’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,035th of 4,312: where Vernon ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,033 | Lima WI | 1,279 | $65K | 11.7% | 1.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,034 | Taft Mosswood CA | 1,343 | $59K | 18.4% | 4.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,035 | Vernon NY | 1,151 | $64K | 12.4% | 2.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,036 | Rome ME | 1,184 | $78K | 10.3% | 4.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,037 | Nordland Township MN | 1,027 | $76K | 6.4% | 2.2% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Vernon, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Vernon: questions
What is the median household income in Vernon?
$63,988 (±$15,239) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vernon?
12.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vernon?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vernon work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oneida (13%, 7 mi), Verona (13%, 7 mi), Vernon (9%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Vernon walkable?
Vernon is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Vernon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vernon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vernon
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.