Grand Isle County, Vermont

Grand Isle County population, land area and income

Grand Isle County had 7,528 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 81.8 square miles of land. It ranks 13th of 14 in Vermont by population and 14th by land area. That works out to 92.1 people per square mile, near the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Vermont has 37,543 residents, so Grand Isle County has 20% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $82,896 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Grand Isle County's population changed since 2020

Grand Isle County gained 253 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 3.5%. That ranks 1st 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, Grand Isle County recorded 261 births and 337 deaths, a natural change of -76. Net international migration added +23 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +298. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 298 people.

Where Grand Isle County is

The Census internal point of Grand Isle County is at 44.801800, -73.300800. 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 Grand Isle County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Grand Isle County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Grand Isle County. Its 7,528 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Grand Isle County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 3 neighbors for Grand Isle County, including 1 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

  26 mi SSE

• NY

  Clinton County, NY

  77,871 people

  20 mi W

• Franklin County

  51,066 people

  20 mi ENE

Distance to Montpelier and the nearest big city

Montpelier is 51.5 miles SE of Grand Isle County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY (population 101,317), 149.7 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Plattsburgh, NY (population 19,758), 10.8 miles away.

Grand Isle County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Grand Isle County is 50013: state code 50 for Vermont plus county code 013. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $82,896.