North Vernon is home to 7,078 people in Indiana. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 14% of adults. The typical home is worth $128,600, having more than doubled since 2000. The foreign-born share is 3%. Households here earn about 29% less than in Indiana as a whole. The median household earns $51,429, about 37% below the national median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $51,429, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
14% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about North Vernon
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants70.2% → 58.9%(−11.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
White share98.4% → 88.3%(−10.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$95,763 → $128,600(+34%)US over the same years: +67%
Its weight in Jennings County
North Vernon's population equals 26% of Jennings County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 51% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 48% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)9.6%(34)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)26.7%(95)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era12.4%(44)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War11.5%(41)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 356 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
North Vernon, decade by decade
North Vernon population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
5,311
$50,190
$95,763
11.2%
3.9
2000
6,515
$62,381
$128,062
12.6%
10.0
2010
6,728
$52,983
$125,300
6.8%
14.3
2020
6,608
$66,911
$111,871
12.4%
19.5
2024
7,078
$51,429
$128,600
13.9%
26.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
