51,066 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.0% since 2020)
631 square miles of land · 81 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.
22 active community water systems list Franklin County in the area they serve, reporting 22,742 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ST ALBANS WATER DEPT surface water · local government · VT0005130 | 10,200 served |
| SWANTON VILLAGE WATER surface water · local government · VT0005132 | 4,000 served |
| ENOSBURG FALLS WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · VT0005116 | 1,700 served |
| RICHFORD WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · VT0005126 | 1,700 served |
| FAIRFAX WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · VT0005117 | 1,550 served |
| MONTGOMERY WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · VT0005125 | 530 served |
| SOUTH GEORGIA FIRE DISTRICT groundwater · local government · VT0005121 | 500 served |
| SHELDON WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · VT0005127 | 480 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 Franklin County — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.
7 school districts have their office in Franklin County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $75.4 million — $71.4 million to run schools, about $26,764 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.6 million local (mostly property tax), $63.2 million state, $8.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.1 million.
Spent $51.8 million — $47.5 million to run schools, about $25,802 per student, plus $3.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.5 million local (mostly property tax), $40.7 million state, $7 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.7 million.
Spent $22.6 million — $18.8 million to run schools, about $17,593 per student, plus $440,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.5 million local (mostly property tax), $18.5 million state, $252,000 federal. Long-term debt: $463,000.
Spent $17.4 million — $13.3 million to run schools, about $12,701 per student, plus $921,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $14.9 million state, $349,000 federal.
Spent $19.7 million — $12.3 million to run schools, about $14,733 per student, plus $577,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $359,000 local (mostly property tax), $18.5 million state, $49,000 federal. Long-term debt: $4.6 million.
Spent $15.4 million — $9 million to run schools, about $14,231 per student, plus $161,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $90,000 local (mostly property tax), $15 million state, $320,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.5 million.
Spent $3.8 million — $1.7 million to run schools, about $14,174 per student, plus $55,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.7 million state, $45,000 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 Franklin County about $13.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
149 bridges in Franklin County: 78 in good condition, 65 fair, and 6 poor (4.0%). “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.
| C2002 over MISSISQUOI RIVER · built 1929 | 700 vehicles a day |
| C2001 over MISSISQUOI RIVER · built 1928 | 590 vehicles a day |
| C2003 over MISSISQUOI RIVER · built 1928 | 450 vehicles a day |
| C3022 over BLACK CREEK · built 1903 | 100 vehicles a day |
| C3042 over TYLER BRANCH · built 1911 | 70 vehicles a day |
| C3029 over BLACK CREEK · built 1919 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $30.4 million of work in Franklin County in fiscal 2025, about $608 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Grand Isle County (20 mi) · Lamoille County (22 mi) · Chittenden County (28 mi) · Orleans County (32 mi) · Clinton County, NY (40 mi) · Washington County (43 mi).