Caledonia County, Vermont

Caledonia County population, land area and income

Caledonia County had 30,535 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 649.2 square miles of land. It ranks 9th of 14 in Vermont by population and 10th by land area. That works out to 47.0 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; Caledonia County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $64,229 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Caledonia County's population changed since 2020

Caledonia County gained 356 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.2%. That ranks 9th 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, Caledonia County recorded 1,029 births and 1,611 deaths, a natural change of -582. Net international migration added +86 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +800. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 800 people.

Where Caledonia County is

The Census internal point of Caledonia County is at 44.468800, -72.112200. 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 Caledonia County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Caledonia County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Caledonia County. Its 30,535 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Caledonia County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Caledonia County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Grafton County, NH, with 93,045 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• NH

  Grafton County, NH

  93,045 people

  40 mi SSE

• Washington County

  59,844 people

  28 mi WSW

• Orange County

  30,050 people

  35 mi SSW

• Orleans County

  27,726 people

  26 mi NNW

• Lamoille County

  26,248 people

  27 mi WNW

• Essex County

  6,037 people

  26 mi NE

Distance to Montpelier and the nearest big city

Montpelier is 27.2 miles WSW of Caledonia County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Manchester, NH (population 116,386), 107.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Essex Junction, VT (population 10,787), 49.4 miles away.

Caledonia County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Caledonia County is 50005: state code 50 for Vermont plus county code 005. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $64,229.