Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Public schools that outperform most of Wisconsin.
Vernon’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes and an A for schools; its weakest is a C− for walkability. On incomes, just 18 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do better. 96% of households own their home in Vernon, above both Wisconsin’s towns (74%) and U.S. towns (73%). Vernon has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Haseltine Cobblestone House and Reformed Presbyterian Church of Vernon. Vernon has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and health, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
Where Vernon beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Big Bend Elementary | PK–6 | 455 |
| Norris Academy Virtual School | K–12 | 21 |
| Norris Academy | K–12 | 10 |
Haseltine Cobblestone HouseWhere Vernon’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Vernon is from typical.
Vernon has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and health, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1854.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
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 Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Vernon.
The typical Vernon home is worth about $547,000, up 7.5% in a year, 62% above the Wisconsin typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Mukwonago School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bend ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 455 | A |
| Norris AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 10 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Vernon for work: only 2% work in town. At $120,000, Vernon’s median household income is above both the Wisconsin town median ($87,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). The average trip to work in Vernon is 30 minutes.
| Vernon | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $120,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 8.4% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adults 18 to 34 are 11% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 28% of residents (19% statewide). Vernon’s median age is 49.4 years. 43% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 33% across Wisconsin.
| Vernon | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.4 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 32% | 29% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Vernon | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.3% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.7% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.4% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.8% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.6% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.8% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 18.9% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.5% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.6% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.8% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.4% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.2% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 33.8% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.2% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Vernon since 2013.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Vernon has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 13° and about 37 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
12 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Big Bend-Vernon Recreation Park, at 35 acres.
| Vernon | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7.4% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Big Bend-Vernon Recreation Park | — | 35 |
| 2. Heather Ridge Park | — | 10 |
| 3. Big Bend Village Park | 0.1 mi | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Vernon. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
21 mi Stadium & arenaFiserv Forum
22 mi MuseumMilwaukee Art Museum350K visitors a year
13 mi TheatreAlpine Valley Music Theatre
21 mi Stadium & arenaUW–Milwaukee Panther Arena
21 mi MuseumHarley-Davidson Museum300K visitors a yearSix Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Fiserv Forum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Milwaukee Art Museum: Michael Hicks (Mulad), CC BY 2.0 · Alpine Valley Music Theatre: chad davis, CC BY-SA 2.0 · UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena: Shadowlink1014, Public domain · Harley-Davidson Museum: Dori, CC BY-SA 3.0 us
5 within 15 miles of the center of Vernon
About 4 of every 100 Vernon residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
2 places in Vernon on the National Register of Historic Places.
Village in Wisconsin, United States
Vernon is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 7,474 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
8 towns share a border with Vernon.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon | — | — | A− | — | A | — |
| Big Bend | — | — | B− | — | A | A |
| Mukwonago · Mukwonago | #92 | A− | C | B | A | A− |
| Muskego | #43 | A | C− | B+ | A+ | A |
| Waterford | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tichigan | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| New Berlin | #52 | A | C− | B+ | A | A |
| Waukesha | — | — | A | — | B− | — |
Big Bend has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Vernon, Big Bend and Waukesha report no FBI crime data of their own. Vernon, Waterford, Tichigan and Waukesha aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Mukwonago and Mukwonago are one community, graded once. Compare Vernon with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Vernon has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and health, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health). Public schools that outperform most of Wisconsin.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
2 notable people were born here, including Glenn Robert Davis and Tyler Styer.
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