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Grand Isle County, Vermont: public records at a glance

What national public records say about Grand Isle County — people, schools, health, drinking water, bridges, disaster risk, the jail, federal grants and how to vote — each with its source. A full County Commons site (the budget line by line, your tax bill, audits, local offices) isn't built for Grand Isle County yet — not gathered, never hidden.

7,528 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.5% since 2020)
82 square miles of land · 92 people per square mile

How Grand Isle County compares — against the other counties in Vermont

7,528 — people: 13th highest of 14 Vermont counties.
$21,727 — spending per student in its school districts: 8th highest of 14 Vermont counties.
78.5 years — life expectancy: 7th highest of 14 Vermont counties.
5.2% — share of adults under 65 without health insurance: 8th highest of 14 Vermont counties.
12.1% — child poverty: 6th highest of 14 Vermont counties.
92.3% — households with broadband internet: the highest of 14 Vermont counties.
$82,896 — median household income: 3rd highest of 14 Vermont counties.
$-22 — federal grant dollars per resident: the lowest of 14 Vermont counties.
$4.0 million — expected yearly losses from natural hazards: 13th highest of 14 Vermont counties.

“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.

Drinking water — public water systems serving Grand Isle County

7 active community water systems list Grand Isle County in the area they serve, reporting 7,151 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).

NORTH HERO WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · VT0020562	2,750 served
GRAND ISLE CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT surface water · local government · VT0020614	1,600 served
GRAND ISLE FIRE DISTRICT 4 surface water · local government · VT0005139	1,078 served
SOUTH HERO FIRE DISTRICT 4 surface water · local government · VT0020080	760 served
ALBURGH VILLAGE WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · VT0005136	576 served
SOUTH ALBURGH FIRE DISTRICT 2 buys surface water · local government · VT0020964	300 served
ALBURGH FIRE DISTRICT 1 surface water · local government · VT0005137	87 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.

The jail — people held in the county jail

No county jail figure in the national data for Grand Isle County — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.

Public schools — district budgets, fiscal 2023

3 school districts have their office in Grand Isle County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.

ALBURG TOWN SCH DIST203 students

Spent $7.1 million — $4.5 million to run schools, about $21,941 per student, plus $252,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $31,000 local (mostly property tax), $6.7 million state, $0 federal.

CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS UNIFIED UNION SCH DISTRICT 66200 students

Spent $8.9 million — $4.2 million to run schools, about $20,790 per student, plus $31,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $75,000 local (mostly property tax), $8.3 million state, $0 federal.

FOLSOM EDUC & COMMUNITY CENTER146 students

Spent $4.9 million — $3.3 million to run schools, about $22,712 per student, plus $4,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $169,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.3 million 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.

Health, money and internet at home — Grand Isle County beside Vermont

Life expectancy78.5 years · Vermont 78.7 years

Adults under 65 without health insurance5.2% · Vermont 4.9%

Children in poverty12.1% · Vermont 10.2%

Households without enough food (food insecurity)9.6% · Vermont 11.7%

Households with broadband internet92.3% · Vermont 87.9%

Households with severe housing problems14.9% · Vermont 15.3%

Residents per primary care doctor1,484 · Vermont 899

Residents per mental health provider1,067 · Vermont 174

Unemployment2.1% · Vermont 2.0%

Median household income$82,896 · Vermont $80,626

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.

Disaster risk — FEMA's National Risk Index

Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Grand Isle County about $4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.

The costliest hazards here

River and inland flooding$3.1 million a year · Very Low

Strong wind$172,409 a year · Very Low

Earthquake$160,717 a year · Very Low

Lightning$143,940 a year · Very Low

Cold wave$90,216 a year · Very Low

Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.

Bridges — condition of every public bridge, 2025

8 bridges in Grand Isle County: 5 in good condition, 3 fair, and 0 poor (0.0%). “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.

Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.

Federal grants — the money that came in, and what's open now

Federal grants paid for $-157,520 of work in Grand Isle County in fiscal 2025, about $-22 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.

Open now: federal grants county governments can apply for

F26AS00062: Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act FY 2026 Fish and Wildlife Service · F26AS00062	closes 2026-10-13
OVC FY 2026 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Office for Victims of Crime · O-OVC-2026-172699	closes 2026-10-14
BJA FY 2026 Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Program Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172661	closes 2026-10-15
FY26 Bureau of Land Management Youth Conservation Corps - Bureau wide Bureau of Land Management · L26AS00064	closes 2026-10-16
FY 2027 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants · DOT-FAA-26-0117-002	closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC) Health Resources and Services Administration · HRSA-27-005	closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Competition AmeriCorps · AC-08-20-2026	closes 2026-10-20
DOJ FY 2026 Assisting Neighborhoods and Governments with Enforcement of Laws (ANGEL) Grant Program Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172778	closes 2026-10-20
Long-term health outcomes of people living with spina bifida Centers for Disease Control - NCBDDD · CDC-RFA-DD-26-0222	closes 2026-10-26
OJJDP FY 2026 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · O-OJJDP-2026-172741	closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Veterans Treatment Court Program Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172714	closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172708	closes 2026-10-29

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.

Voting

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.

Not here yet

The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Grand Isle 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 Grand Isle County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.

More of Vermont: the state government and every county in Vermont.

Nearby counties: Franklin County (20 mi) · Clinton County, NY (20 mi) · Chittenden County (26 mi) · Lamoille County (35 mi) · Washington County (50 mi) · Orleans County (51 mi).