Vernon, Alabama

Vernon population, 2020 to 2024

Vernon lost 87 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.5%. In the latest year it moved by -16.

Vernon covers 5.89 square miles of land, for 312 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Vernon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Vernon is in

All of Vernon's residents live in Lamar County, which had 13,543 residents in 2024. Vernon holds 13.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Vernon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Vernon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 35592. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Vernon is

The Census internal point of Vernon is at 33.758800, -88.114300. Montgomery, the capital, is 141.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fayette, AL (4,080 people), 16.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL, 49.5 miles away.

Daylight in Vernon

At 33.76° N, Vernon gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Vernon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Sulligent, 9.2 miles away, with 1,816 people.