Windsor County, VT

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2024 Population

57,990

US Senator

Bernie Sanders

Independent Party

US Senator

Peter Welch

Democratic Party

US Representative

Becca Balint

Democratic Party

2024 Median Age

47.6

0.418% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

9.22%

5.77% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$77,594

3.12% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$296,400

10.8% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

28,595

0.763% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Windsor County, VT reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

98.6% of the residents in Windsor County, VT are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Windsor County, VT are Vermont Law and Graduate School (281 degrees awarded in 2023).

In 2024, the median property value in Windsor County, VT was $296,400, and the homeownership rate was 74.8%.

Most people in Windsor County, VT drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 22.9 minutes. The average car ownership in Windsor County, VT was 2 cars per household.

Windsor County, VT borders Grafton County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Orange County, VT, Rutland County, VT, and Windham County, VT.

About the photo: A gorge in Quechee State Park in White River Junction, VT

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Population & Diversity

Windsor County, VT is home to a population of 58k people, from which 98.6% are citizens. As of 2024, 3.2% of Windsor County, VT residents were born outside of the country (1.86k people).

In 2024, there were 37.8 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (53.4k people) in Windsor County, VT than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.41k Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 835 Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

98.6%

2024 Citizenship

98.6%

2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 98.6% of Windsor County, VT residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Windsor County, VT was 98.6%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Windsor County, VT compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Windsor County, VT

White (Non-Hispanic)
53.4k ± 277
Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
1.41k ± 173
Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic)
835 ± 270

2.29%

Hispanic Population

1.33k people

2.29% of the people in Windsor County, VT are hispanic (1.33k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Windsor County, VT as a share of the total population.

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the County level, so we are showing data for Vermont.

Most Common Origin

Canada
5,120 ± 1,750 people
China
1,549 ± 965 people
India
1,343 ± 899 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Vermont was Canada, the natal country of 5,120 Vermont residents, followed by China with 1,549 and India with 1,343.

Foreign-Born Population

3.2%

2024 Foreign-Born Population

1.86k people

3.76%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

2.18k people

As of 2024, 3.2% of Windsor County, VT residents (1.86k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Windsor County, VT was 3.76%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Windsor County, VT compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
1,392 ± 234
Gulf War (2001-)
493 ± 152
Gulf War (1990s)
375 ± 171

Windsor County, VT has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.82 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in Windsor County, VT.

Economy

The economy of Windsor County, VT employs 28.6k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Windsor County, VT were Health Care & Social Assistance (5,116 people), Educational Services (3,628 people), and Retail Trade (2,945 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($106,818), Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($86,196), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($75,350).

Employment

Occupations

28.6k

2024 Value

± 1,188

−0.763%

1 Year decline

± 5.86%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Windsor County, VT declined at a rate of −0.763%, from 28.8k employees to 28.6k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Windsor County, VT, are Management Occupations (3,751 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (2,623 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (2,315 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Windsor County, VT.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Vermont.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Vermont (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

28.6k

2024 Value

± 1,188

−0.763%

1 Year decline

± 5.86%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Windsor County, VT declined at a rate of −0.763%, from 28.8k employees to 28.6k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Windsor County, VT, are Health Care & Social Assistance (5,116 people), Educational Services (3,628 people), and Retail Trade (2,945 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Windsor County, VT, though some of these residents may live in Windsor County, VT and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$56,829

Median earning men ± $3,075

$47,250

Median earning women ± $1,882

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($126,250), Information ($80,893), and Public Administration ($78,462).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($58,872), Information ($58,523), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($56,936).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Vermont.

Y-Axis

1.76%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 307k people employed in Vermont. This represents a 1.76% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 21.4%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Vermont.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

215
Construction
130
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
122
Other Services (except Public Administration)

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$301k
Health Care and Social Assistance
$105k
Retail Trade
$103k
Manufacturing

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Vermont went to Kamala Harris with 63.8% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (32.3%), followed by Other (1.76%).

Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch are the senators currently representing the state of Vermont. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Windsor County, VT is currently represented by Becca Balint in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Windsor County, VT. Showing the available data for Vermont.

2024 Election Results

Kamala Harris (63.8%)
Democratic Party
Donald J. Trump (32.3%)
Republican Party
Other (1.76%)
Other Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Vermont went to Kamala Harris with 63.8% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (32.3%), followed by Other (1.76%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Vermont for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Vermont

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Vermont.

Bernie Sanders

Senator from Vermont

Assumed office on January 3, 2007
Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont join meetings of the Senate Democratic Caucus.

Peter Welch

Senator from Vermont

Assumed office on January 3, 2023

Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch are the senators currently representing Vermont.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Vermont over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Windsor County, VT

Becca Balint

District at-large Representative

Democratic Party

Windsor County, VT is currently represented by Becca Balint (Democratic Party).

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the member for Windsor County, VT have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

In 2023, universities in Windsor County, VT awarded 281 degrees. The student population of Windsor County, VT in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 225 male students and 465 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Windsor County, VT are White (192 and 71.1%), Hispanic or Latino (28 and 10.4%), Black or African American (22 and 8.15%), and Unknown (18 and 6.67%).

The largest universities in Windsor County, VT by number of degrees awarded are Vermont Law and Graduate School (281 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Windsor County, VT are Law (113 and 40.2%), Other Legal Professions & Studies (88 and 31.3%), and Legal Studies & Jurisprudence (67 and 23.8%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 690 students enrolled in Windsor County, VT, 32.6% men and 67.4% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 427 records, of which 66.7% were women and 33.3% men.

Completions

Concentrations

Most Common

Other Legal Professions & Studies
88 degrees awarded
Legal Studies & Jurisprudence
36 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Masters Degree recipients in Windsor County, VT was Other Legal Professions & Studies with 88 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Masters Degree from schools in Windsor County, VT according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Race

Vermont Law and Graduate School

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

281 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Vermont Law and Graduate School with 281 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

In 2023, 80 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Windsor County, VT, which is 0.398 times less than the 201 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 192 degrees mean that there were 6.86 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 28 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Windsor County, VT was $296,400 in 2024, which is 0.891 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $267,400 to $296,400, a 10.8% increase. The homeownership rate in Windsor County, VT is 74.8%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Windsor County, VT have an average commute time of 22.9 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Windsor County, VT is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

In 2025, 15.1% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Windsor County, VT. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 3.68%.

Housing

Property

$296,400

Median Property Value 2024

±$13,572

$18,930

Median Property Taxes

±$755

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Windsor County, VT the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Windsor County, VT compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

74.8%

Homeownership

2024

56.6%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 74.8% of the housing units in Windsor County, VT were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 74.9%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Windsor County, VT compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$77,594

Median Household Income

± $3,244

25.3k

Number of Households

± 1,060

In 2024, the median household income of the 25.3k households in Windsor County, VT grew to $77,594 from the previous year's value of $75,247.

The following chart displays the households in Windsor County, VT distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Windsor County, VT is from Vermont.

0.433

2023 Wage GINI in Vermont

0.437

2022 Wage GINI in Vermont

In 2023, the income inequality in Vermont was 0.433 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.942% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Vermont was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Vermont in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Vermont across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (67.5%)
Worked At Home (17.9%)
Carpooled (7.98%)

In 2024, 67.5% of workers in Windsor County, VT drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (17.9%) and those who carpooled to work (7.98%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

22.9 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Windsor County, VT have a shorter commute time (22.9 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.32% of the workforce in Windsor County, VT have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Windsor County, VT compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Windsor County, VT distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Windsor County, VT have 2 cars.

Poverty

Severe Housing Problems

In 2025, 15.1% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Windsor County, VT. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 3.68%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the population living with severe housing problems.

Poverty & Diversity

9.22% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Windsor County, VT (5.27k out of 57.2k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 65 - 74, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Windsor County, VT is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Children in Poverty

In 2025, 10% of the children was living in poverty in Windsor County, VT. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 4.9%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the children living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Security

Crimes & Accidents

Indicator

In 2022, the number of reported violent crimes offenses per 100,000 population was 90.7 in Windsor County, VT. From 2014 to 2022, the indicator declined 36.8 per 100,000 population.

The graph shows the trend in the number of reported violent crimes offenses per 100,000 population.

Health

96.4% of the population of Windsor County, VT has health coverage, with 43% on employee plans, 18.9% on Medicaid, 18.8% on Medicare, 13.4% on non-group plans, and 2.32% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Windsor County, VT see 909 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (909 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1615 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 168 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49% were men and 51% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

909 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Windsor County, VT

Primary care physicians in Windsor County, VT see an average of 909 patients per year. This represents a 0% change from the previous year (909 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Windsor County, VT in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 18.7% under 18 years, 16.4% between 18 and 34 years, 39.6% between 35 and 64 years, and 25.3% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49% were men and 51% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

3.64%

Uninsured

43%

Employer Coverage

18.9%

Medicaid

18.8%

Medicare

13.4%

Non-Group

2.32%

Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Windsor County, VT declined by 12.3% from 4.15% to 3.64%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Windsor County, VT changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

Health Indicators

Health Outcomes

Indicator

In 2025, the number of deaths among residents under age 18 per 100,000 population was 52.5 in Windsor County, VT.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Windsor County, VT.

Health Behaviors

Indicator

In 2025, the percentage of the adult population (age 18 and older) that reports a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2 (age-adjusted) was 25.6% in Windsor County, VT.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Windsor County, VT.