Montpelier, Vermont

Montpelier population, 2020 to 2024

Montpelier lost 155 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -91. Among 8 Vermont places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 7th; the median place changed by +0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Vermont has 9,579 people, so Montpelier is 83% of it.

Montpelier covers 10.06 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 787 people per square mile of land. The median Vermont place of 5,000+ has 2,221, so Montpelier is less dense than the typical town.

What county Montpelier is in

All of Montpelier's residents live in Washington County, which had 59,844 residents in 2024. Montpelier holds 13.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Montpelier

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Montpelier by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 05602. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Montpelier is

The Census internal point of Montpelier is at 44.266400, -72.571500. That is next to the Montpelier capitol point. The nearest larger place is Barre, VT (8,304 people), 5.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Manchester, NH, 104.9 miles away.

Daylight in Montpelier

At 44.27° N, Montpelier gets about 15 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Montpelier

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Vermont, measured between internal points. The closest is Barre, 5.6 miles away, with 8,304 people.