What is the median rent in Vernon, WI?

Name: Median rent in Vernon, WI, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Vernon, WI is $1,125 (±$359) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 102 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,125 (±$359)
Rented homes: 102 (±63)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%

How much rent costs in Vernon

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Vernon	Waukesha County	Wisconsin	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±19.7 points)	3.2%	6.5%	6.3%
$500 to $999	37.3% (±26.6 points)	17.5%	35.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	38.2% (±27.3 points)	41.4%	37.1%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	24.5% (±24.7 points)	22.4%	14.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±19.7 points)	9.3%	4.0%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±19.7 points)	4.0%	1.2%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±19.7 points)	2.2%	1.5%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 38.2% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Vernon cost $2,000 or more a month.

Vernon against Waukesha County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Vernon	Waukesha County	Wisconsin	United States
Median gross rent	$1,125 (±$359)	$1,356 (±$22)	$1,087 (±$4)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	102 (±63)	39,492 (±1,322)	764,522 (±6,229)	42,849,984

In Vernon, median gross rent is not measurably different from Waukesha County ($1,356).

It is not measurably different from Wisconsin ($1,087).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

In Waukesha County, Vernon ranks 29 of 33 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 401 of 1,594.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Vernon

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Vernon
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Vernon	—	$1,125 (±$359)	—
Big Bend	3.2 mi	$1,125 (±$397)	Not measurably different
Mukwonago	3.3 mi	$1,142 (±$44)	Not measurably different
Tichigan	5.5 mi	$1,201 (±$409)	Not measurably different
Waukesha (Waukesha County, village)	5.7 mi	$1,292 (±$449)	Not measurably different
Town of Waterford	5.9 mi	$1,848 (±$504)	Higher
Wind Lake	6.7 mi	$1,169 (±$106)	Not measurably different
Muskego	6.7 mi	$1,313 (±$132)	Not measurably different
North Prairie	8.1 mi	$1,304 (±$125)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Town of Waterford, WI ($1,848).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Waukesha County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
23	Waukesha (Waukesha County, village)	$1,292 (±$449)
24	Pewaukee (Waukesha County, village)	$1,260 (±$78)
25	Hartland	$1,230 (±$102)
26	Waukesha (Waukesha County, city)	$1,219 (±$41)
27	Mukwonago	$1,142 (±$44)
28 (tie)	Big Bend	$1,125 (±$397)
28 (tie)	Vernon	$1,125 (±$359)
30	Butler	$890 (±$277)
31	Eagle	$877 (±$238)
32	Town of Ottawa	$875 (±$160)
33	Lannon	$773 (±$768)

Showing 11 of 33 places in Waukesha County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Vernon

What is the average rent in Vernon, WI?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Vernon is $1,125 (±$359) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Vernon cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Vernon have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Vernon higher than in Waukesha County?

In Vernon, median gross rent is not measurably different from Waukesha County ($1,356).

It is not measurably different from Wisconsin ($1,087).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Vernon village, Wisconsin (place:82575, in state:55).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.