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Vernon, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Vernon, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,885. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet VERNON-NJ · Vernon, NJ 1 ZIPs · 6,885 pop · #5157/25278 · Sussex County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $95,945
  • RANK-UPPER #5157/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Franklin
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,885
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $280,400

Nearest income peer: Franklin, NJ ( $1,962 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Vernon

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Vernon on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Vernon, NJ sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 20%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,885
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$95,945
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $95,945 and home value $280,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 32.7%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (83.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Vernon as a pure owner town.

Within New Jersey, Haledon is the closest lower-income city and South River the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Vernon.

Population concentration

Vernon's single ZIP 07462 carries the town

Vernon is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 07462 is the entire residential footprint (6,885 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Vernon's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 184 establishments, 2,227 employees , annual payroll $75,742k (~27 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 07462 (184 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (32) · also Health care and social assistance · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Vernon, NJ

These ZIP codes sit in Sussex County, which covers 19 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Vernon. See the Sussex County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Sussex County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Vernon, Newton, Sparta and Sussex among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Sparta marks the far end of that range at $167,654, 75% above Vernon.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
07462 6,885 $95,945 184 157
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Vernon roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Vernon, .