30,535 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.2% since 2020)
649 square miles of land · 47 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
20 active community water systems list Caledonia County in the area they serve, reporting 14,867 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ST JOHNSBURY WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · VT0005045 | 5,000 served |
| LYNDONVILLE WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · VT0005040 | 4,000 served |
| HARDWICK TOWN WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · VT0005039 | 1,900 served |
| BURKE MOUNTAIN WATER CO groundwater · private · VT0005503 | 1,058 served |
| DANVILLE FIRE DISTRICT 1 groundwater · local government · VT0005037 | 500 served |
| ST JOHNSBURY CENTER F D 1 buys surface water · local government · VT0005046 | 370 served |
| EAST HARDWICK FIRE DISTRICT 1 groundwater · local government · VT0005038 | 350 served |
| BARNET FIRE DISTRICT #2 groundwater · local government · VT0005029 | 205 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
No county jail figure in the national data for Caledonia County — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.
8 school districts have their office in Caledonia County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $51.2 million — $49.1 million to run schools, about $28,310 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $42.8 million state, $7.1 million federal.
Spent $32.5 million — $31.3 million to run schools, about $28,929 per student, plus $851,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $24.8 million state, $3.9 million federal.
Spent $13.7 million — $7.5 million to run schools, about $13,718 per student, plus $53,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $394,000 local (mostly property tax), $12.8 million state, $0 federal.
Spent $8.1 million — $6.2 million to run schools, about $17,637 per student, plus $274,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $386,000 local (mostly property tax), $6.6 million state, $0 federal.
Spent $7.4 million — $5.5 million to run schools, about $16,189 per student, plus $24,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $194,000 local (mostly property tax), $7.3 million state, $30,000 federal. Long-term debt: $404,000.
Spent $7.3 million — $5 million to run schools, about $16,454 per student, plus $149,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $431,000 local (mostly property tax), $6.8 million state, $18,000 federal. Long-term debt: $10,000.
Spent $2.2 million — $1.7 million to run schools, about $18,578 per student, plus $4,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $29,000 local (mostly property tax), $2.2 million state, $2,000 federal.
Spent $243,000 — $64,000 to run schools, about $16,000 per student. Money in: $2,000 local (mostly property tax), $251,000 state, $0 federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Caledonia County about $10.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
248 bridges in Caledonia County: 108 in good condition, 125 fair, and 15 poor (6.0%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| NH 18 over CONNECTICUT RIVER · built 1934 | 1,115 vehicles a day |
| C2005 over LAMOILLE RIVER · built 1924 | 750 vehicles a day |
| C2002 over HAWKINS BROOK · built 1953 | 700 vehicles a day |
| C2002 over HAWKINS BROOK · built 1928 | 650 vehicles a day |
| C3058 over SO. WHEELOCK BRANCH · built 1881 | 400 vehicles a day |
| C3005 over STANNARD BROOK · built 1929 | 350 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $28.8 million of work in Caledonia County in fiscal 2025, about $954 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Vermont are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Caledonia County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Caledonia County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Essex County (26 mi) · Orleans County (26 mi) · Lamoille County (27 mi) · Washington County (28 mi) · Orange County (35 mi) · Grafton County, NH (40 mi).