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Cost of living in Vernon, Alabama

Vernon, Alabama has about 1,714 people. Typical rent is $530 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $27,967 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $530 a month.

Vernon is a town in Alabama. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $27,967 a year.

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People
1,714
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$530
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$27,967
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$103,800
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$921
Lamar County, AL

Vernon, Alabama has about 1,714 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $103,800.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Lamar County is $921 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Vernon. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Alabama's prices sit at 88.8 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Alabama taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Vernon's exact store tax.

Some places in Alabama add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.07% of income. That is not a Vernon bill.

In July 2026, a typical Alabama home paid 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Vernon's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Alabama in the table we use.

Among 290 places we list in Alabama with a rent figure, 271 have higher typical rent than Vernon.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.