A typical Vernon home is worth roughly $917,000
Builders were permitted 63 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Vernon?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,070
Renters already here pay a median of $1,439, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
10% of Vernon households own their home
Half of Vernon’s homes were built before 2012.
California: 56% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
What it takes to buy in Vernon
Try your own numbers below.
That’s $520K short of a typical Vernon home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,070 a month here, $3,270 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the California typical property tax (0.70% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
63 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 63 new homes in Vernon in 2025, all in buildings with two or more homes, worth about $8.8 million to build. Over the past 10 years, Vernon has permitted 63 homes in all.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 31 | 0 | 31 | $4.3 million |
| 2025 | 63 | 0 | 63 | $8.8 million |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Vernon vs. its neighbors
Vernon is the 2nd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
Compare more
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon | $917K* | — | $2,070 | 63 | $70,667 |
| Los Angeles | $930K | −0.4% | $2,940 | 11,211 | $81,939 |
| Huntington Park | $664K | +0.9% | $2,070 | 6 | $59,996 |
| Maywood | $642K | +1.9% | $2,090 | 8 | $60,943 |
| Bell | $683K | +2.8% | $2,170 | 5 | $61,020 |
| Commerce | $691K | +1.7% | $2,070 | 20 | $77,064 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
On the market in Vernon
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Vernon buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.