Windsor County, Vermont

Windsor County population, land area and income

Windsor County had 57,697 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 969.1 square miles of land. It is the largest by land of Vermont's 14 county-equivalents. That works out to 59.5 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; Windsor County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $77,932 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Windsor County's population changed since 2020

Windsor County lost 39 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.1%. That ranks 11th 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, Windsor County recorded 1,862 births and 2,977 deaths, a natural change of -1,115. Net international migration added +382 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +742. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 1,115 people.

Where Windsor County is

The Census internal point of Windsor County is at 43.572400, -72.598800. 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 Windsor County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Windsor County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Windsor County. Its 57,697 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Windsor County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Windsor County, including 2 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

  45 mi ENE

• Rutland County

  60,198 people

  23 mi W

• Windham County

  45,627 people

  40 mi S

• NH

  Sullivan County, NH

  44,012 people

  24 mi SE

• Addison County

  38,047 people

  42 mi NW

• Bennington County

  37,039 people

  45 mi SW

• Orange County

  30,050 people

  32 mi NNE

Distance to Montpelier and the nearest big city

Montpelier is 47.7 miles N of Windsor County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Manchester, NH (population 116,386), 70.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Lebanon, NH (population 15,389), 17.8 miles away.

Windsor County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Windsor County is 50027: state code 50 for Vermont plus county code 027. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $77,932.