About Vernon Center

Vernon Center is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,390 people and just one neighborhood, Vernon Center is the 733rd largest community in New York. Vernon Center has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Vernon Center is a blue-collar town, with 36.8% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Vernon Center is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vernon Center who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.84%), farm management (7.08%), and sales jobs (5.24%).

Another important characteristic of Vernon Center is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

As is often the case in a small town, Vernon Center doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Vernon Center Information and Demographics

The population of Vernon Center has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 6.01% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Vernon Center in 2000 was $15,385, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $61,540 for a family of four.

The people who call Vernon Center home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Vernon Center is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Vernon Center include German, English, Irish, Italian, Welsh, and French.

The most common language spoken in Vernon Center is English.