Rutland, Vermont

Rutland population, 2020 to 2024

Rutland lost 216 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -90. Among 8 Vermont places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 6th; the median place changed by +0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Vermont has 9,579 people, so Rutland is 1.6 times that size.

Rutland covers 7.55 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 2,062 people per square mile of land. The median Vermont place of 5,000+ has 2,221, so Rutland is close to the typical town.

What county Rutland is in

All of Rutland's residents live in Rutland County, which had 60,198 residents in 2024. Rutland holds 25.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rutland

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rutland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 05701. 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 Rutland is

The Census internal point of Rutland is at 43.609700, -72.977800. Montpelier, the capital, is 49.2 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Saratoga Springs, NY (28,741 people), 54.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 77.2 miles away.

Daylight in Rutland

At 43.61° N, Rutland gets about 15 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rutland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Vermont, measured between internal points. The closest is Poultney, 14.4 miles away, with 1,092 people.