Windham County, Vermont

Windham County population, land area and income

Windham County had 45,627 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 786.0 square miles of land. It ranks 6th of 14 in Vermont by population and 3rd by land area. That works out to 58.1 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; Windham County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $64,436 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Windham County's population changed since 2020

Windham County lost 251 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.5%. That ranks 13th 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, Windham County recorded 1,303 births and 2,178 deaths, a natural change of -875. Net international migration added +144 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +449. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 875 people.

Where Windham County is

The Census internal point of Windham County is at 42.995300, -72.721900. 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 Windham County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Windham County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Windham County, 2,740 people together, or 6% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Windham County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Bellows Falls with 2,740.

Counties bordering Windham County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Windham County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Cheshire County, NH, with 78,078 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• NH

  Cheshire County, NH

  78,078 people

  24 mi E

• MA

  Franklin County, MA

  70,871 people

  29 mi SSE

• Windsor County

  57,697 people

  40 mi N

• NH

  Sullivan County, NH

  44,012 people

  36 mi NE

• Bennington County

  37,039 people

  20 mi W

Distance to Montpelier and the nearest big city

Montpelier is 87.8 miles N of Windham County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY (population 101,317), 59.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Keene, NH (population 23,036), 21.2 miles away.

Windham County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Windham County is 50025: state code 50 for Vermont plus county code 025. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $64,436.