Vernon, Texas

Vernon population, 2020 to 2024

Vernon lost 320 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.2%. In the latest year it moved by -65. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 367th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Vernon is 63% of it.

Vernon covers 7.89 square miles of land, for 1,233 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Vernon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Vernon is in

All of Vernon's residents live in Wilbarger County, which had 12,455 residents in 2024. Vernon holds 78.1% 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 city's land: 76384. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Vernon is

The Census internal point of Vernon is at 34.147700, -99.300400. Austin, the capital, is 282.8 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Altus, OK (18,543 people), 35.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita Falls, TX, 47.3 miles away.

Daylight in Vernon

At 34.15° N, Vernon gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 34 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 Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Electra, 23.2 miles away, with 2,249 people.