City safety & data profile

VernonTX

Vernon, TX is a 11K-resident city in Wilbarger County with a median household income of $51,114.

Wilbarger County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Vernon, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Vernon has a population larger than 3% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $87,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 4%
By size
$51,114
Median income (place)
$87,000
Median home (place)
18.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Vernon

Vernon posts a median household income higher than 10% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Vernon area.

Bottom 11%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Vernon

Where Vernon income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$51,114 Bottom 10% higher than 10% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Vernon $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Vernon, TX beyond the headline numbers

Vernon sits inside Wilbarger County, Texas, at roughly 34.16°N, -99.27°W. Population 10,573, $51,114 median household income. Median home value $87,000, median rent $945. Poverty rate 18.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Vernon, 0 with an ER.

18.6% of Vernon, TX residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Vernon runs about 1.7 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 1.3% of Vernon workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 21.5% in Vernon, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Vernon workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Vernon from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,573
Vernon · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$51,114
-43% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$87,000
-79% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Wilbarger County): Vernon's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
13K-6%
Median Income
$54,102+30%
Median Home Value
$89,400+44%
Poverty Rate
17.5%-15%
Unemployment
9.3%+72%

Economics

Economics indicators for Vernon, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$945/mo
Poverty Rate
18.6% +50% vs avg
Unemployment 11.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 15.1%
Work From Home 1.3%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 58.3%
African American 6.5%
Asian 3.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
40.3%
Short Sleep Duration
40%
Obesity
39.5%
Physical Inactivity
36.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
21.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.5%
Current Smoking
18.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
17.5%
Diabetes
16.8%
Binge Drinking
14.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 43.4%
Annual Checkup 75.1%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
8.6%
Stroke
4.8%

What alerts and safety updates affect Vernon?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Vernon right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-VERNON · Vernon

Vernon: 18 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 18 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ El Paso

Tagged alert mix: Vernon

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 18 tagged notices on record for Vernon.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: El Paso, TX (16 tagged · Δ2)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Vernon; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (18 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts Victoria, TX 13 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Vernon, TX? ▼
Vernon, TX has a population of 10,573 people, located in Wilbarger County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Vernon? ▼
The median household income in Vernon, TX is $51,114 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 18.6%.
What is the median home value in Vernon? ▼
The median home value in Vernon, TX is $87,000. Median rent is $945/month.
What are the top health concerns in Vernon? ▼
The top health indicators in Vernon include High Blood Pressure (40.3%), Short Sleep Duration (40%), Obesity (39.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Vernon? ▼
Vernon has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Vernon? ▼
The median age in Vernon, TX is 37.6 years. 15.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Vernon, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (18.6% here).

San Bernardino, CA 18.6% Bellingham, WA 18.6% Lynchburg, VA 18.6% Chapel Hill, NC 18.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($51,114 here).

Lauderhill, FL $51,165 Auburn, NY $51,052 Elkhart, IN $51,028 Sedalia, MO $50,990

Compare Vernon with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Vernon's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Vernon area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Vernon against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Wilbarger County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.