Vermont · Census place 5071650
Swanton, Vermont
Swanton is a village in Franklin County, Vermont with an estimated 2,382 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 13th largest of 17 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,382
- #13 of 17 in Vermont
- Change since 2020
- +1.3%
- +31 people
- Land area
- 0.8 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,134 / sq mi
- State median 2,221
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Swanton population, 2020 to 2024
Swanton added 31 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +4.
Swanton covers 0.76 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 3,134 people per square mile of land. The median Vermont place of 5,000+ has 2,221, so Swanton is denser than the typical town.
What county Swanton is in
All of Swanton's residents live in Franklin County, which had 51,066 residents in 2024. Swanton holds 4.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Swanton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Swanton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 05488. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Swanton is
The Census internal point of Swanton is at 44.924500, -73.119400. Montpelier, the capital, is 52.9 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Albans, VT (7,031 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Manchester, NH, 157.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.924500, -73.119400
- DMS
- 44°55'28.20"N 73°07'9.84"W
- UTM
- 18N 648414.7E 4976283.7N
- Geohash
- drup84k04
- Plus code
- 87P8WVFJ+R6
Daylight in Swanton
At 44.92° N, Swanton gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Swanton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Vermont, measured between internal points. The closest is St. Albans, 8.0 miles away, with 7,031 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Swanton, VT?
2,382 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 31 (1.3%) from 2,351 in July 2020.
What county is Swanton in?
Franklin County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Swanton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 05488.
How far is Swanton from Montpelier?
52.9 miles (85.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Swanton.
What is the nearest larger city to Swanton?
St. Albans, VT, with 7,031 residents, 8.0 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.