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A town of 2,144, chartered in 1672. Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Trash & recyclingVernon’s best subject grade is an A for the outdoors. Vernon’s trail density is 1.6 miles per square mile, above both the Vermont town median (0.6) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). On the outdoors, just 5 of Vermont’s 172 towns do better. Its National Register listings include Pond Road Chapel and Governor Hunt House. Vernon has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Vernon beats most towns.
Pond Road Chapel| Widest gap | Vernon | VT |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16% | 10.1% |
Census counts: 482 in 1790, a low of 480 in 1800, 2,192 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1764 and 4 maps from 1891 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Vermont), ordered by how far Vernon is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Vernon, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Vernon.
6.4% of workers work remotely from home in Vernon. Jobs in the town fell by 617 from 2013 to 2023, to 444. In Vernon, the typical journey to work is 20 minutes, below both Vermont’s towns (23 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Brattleboro (46%), Greenfield (5%) and Guilford (4%).
| Vernon | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.4% | 15% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.8% | 16% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its one school is below. Public schools: the Vernon School District. The town’s only public school teaches 170 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 170 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VT on state tests and graduation
9% of Vernon adults worry about having enough food. Two figures for adults in the town: 29% sleep under 7 hours, 75% had a checkup this year.
| Vernon | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 76% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Vernon | VT |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16% | 10.1% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 65.6% | 69.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
There are 33 miles of trail across 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Satan's Kingdom Wildlife Management Area | — | 3 |
| 2. Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
No town among the 72 in Vermont we compare has a higher midsummer high than Vernon. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 14° and about 52 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Among 72 Vermont towns, just 6 have a lower share of renters spending 30% or more of income on rent than Vernon. The typical rent in the town is $1,023 a month. Typical home values fell 1.5% in the year to September 2026.
| Vernon | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 26% | 47% | 48% |
| Median rent | $1,023 a month | $1,135 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 76% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected losses in Vernon break down as 69% from inland flooding and 10% from cold waves. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2023. Also worth knowing: for Vernon, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 46 of 100.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Vernon. Close and well known come first.
22 mi MountainMount Monadnock
34 mi MountainMount Greylock
30 mi LakeQuabbin Reservoir
35 mi MuseumClark Art Institute
24 mi Ski areaMount Snow119 runs · 1,648 ft vertical
31 mi MuseumMassachusetts Museum of Contemporary ArtMount Monadnock: Jonwmcinenrey, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Quabbin Reservoir: engineerchange, CC BY 2.0 · Clark Art Institute: Daderot, Public domain · Mount Snow: William J Sisti from Morristown, NJ, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art: N-Lange.de, CC BY-SA 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Vernon
About 3 of every 100 Vernon residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Vermont.
Where Vernon’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Vernon on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Vernon.
Town in Vermont, United States
Vernon is a town in Windham County, Vermont, in the United States. The population was 2,192 at the 2020 census. Vernon is the site of the now-defunct Vermont Yankee, the state of Vermont's only nuclear power plant, which closed in December 2014.
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3 towns share a border with Vernon.
| Town | VT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | B+ |
| Guilford | — | — | D | — | C+ | A− |
| Brattleboro | #66 | D | C− | D | C+ | A− |
Vernon and Guilford have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Vernon and Guilford report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Vernon with a neighbor →
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Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
That is 4.6 years of the area's median household income ($72,217 across the Brattleboro, VT area).
Vernon was chartered in 1672 and has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places. 4 notable people were born here, including Jonathan Hunt and John E. Moran.
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