Vernon

About Vernon

Vernon Township is a township in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located about a one-hour drive from New York City and is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 22,358, a decrease of 1,585 (−6.6%) from the 2010 census count of 23,943, which in turn reflected a decline of 743 (−3.0%) from the 24,686 counted in the 2000 census. It is both the most populous municipality and the largest in area in the county.

Vernon is home to Mountain Creek (formerly Great Gorge and Vernon Valley), a ski resort and water park as well as the Crystal Springs Resort's Minerals Hotel and Elements Spa. The Hidden Valley ski resort, which opened in 1976 and occupied a 140-acre (57 ha) property that included one of New Jersey's three remaining downhill skiing facilities, closed at the end of the 2013 season and could find no buyers at an auction held that year; it has since reopened as the National Winter Activity Center. The Great Gorge Playboy Club was located in the Vernon community of McAfee, but was sold and turned into a hotel called the Legends Resort & Country Club. Opened in 1972 at a cost of $20 million (equivalent to $153.9 million in 2025), featuring 700 rooms and 27 holes of golf, the hotel was sold to Americana in 1982 and later was resold to Metairie Corp. which branded the property as the Legends Resort and Country Club. In 2017, the township started eviction proceedings against low-income residents who had been living in the defunct resort on a permanent basis.

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Living in Vernon

Median household income

$115,873

Median home value

$331,000

Median rent

$1,773/mo

Median age

44.8

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Vernon, NJ population

Vernon had 22,358 residents in the 2020 Census.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census.

Vernon at a glance

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Towns near Vernon

• Vernon Center1.0 mi SW
• Highland Lakes2.2 mi SE
• Vernon Valley3.2 mi N
• Hamburg5.4 mi SW
• Upper Greenwood Lake5.8 mi E
• Hardyston6.2 mi SW
• Sussex6.3 mi W
• Franklin8.0 mi SW
• West Milford8.0 mi SE
• Warwick, NY8.1 mi NE
• Unionville, NY8.3 mi NW
• Wantage8.5 mi NW

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