Addison County, Vermont

Addison County population, land area and income

Addison County had 38,047 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 766.3 square miles of land. It ranks 7th of 14 in Vermont by population and 4th by land area. That works out to 49.6 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Vermont has 37,543 residents, about the same as Addison County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $82,234 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Addison County's population changed since 2020

Addison County gained 693 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.9%. That ranks 5th of 14 in Vermont for growth. The median Vermont county changed by +1.2%, and the state as a whole by +0.9%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Addison County recorded 1,182 births and 1,505 deaths, a natural change of -323. Net international migration added +642 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +367. The largest single component was international migration, which added 642 people.

Where Addison County is

The Census internal point of Addison County is at 44.031200, -73.141600. It sits in UTM zone 18N. The map shades Vermont's 14 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Addison County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Addison County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Addison County, 2,582 people together, or 7% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Addison County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Vergennes with 2,582.

Counties bordering Addison County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Addison County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Chittenden County, VT, with 170,851 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Chittenden County

  170,851 people

  30 mi N

• Rutland County

  60,198 people

  29 mi S

• Washington County

  59,844 people

  31 mi ENE

• NY

  Washington County, NY

  59,839 people

  52 mi SSW

• Windsor County

  57,697 people

  42 mi SE

• NY

  Essex County, NY

  36,744 people

  32 mi W

• Orange County

  30,050 people

  38 mi E

Distance to Montpelier and the nearest big city

Montpelier is 32.0 miles ENE of Addison County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY (population 101,317), 100.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is South Burlington, VT (population 21,713), 28.1 miles away.

Addison County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Addison County is 50001: state code 50 for Vermont plus county code 001. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $82,234.