27,726 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.2% since 2020)
695 square miles of land · 40 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.
24 active community water systems list Orleans County in the area they serve, reporting 20,105 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| JAY PEAK WATER SYSTEM groundwater · private · VT0005565 | 6,740 served |
| NEWPORT CITY WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · VT0005202 | 4,766 served |
| DERBY CENTER WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · VT0005195 | 1,400 served |
| BARTON WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · VT0005189 | 950 served |
| DERBY LINE VILLAGE WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · VT0020568 | 897 served |
| NORTH TROY WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · VT0005205 | 864 served |
| ORLEANS WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · VT0005190 | 846 served |
| GREENSBORO FIRE DISTRICT 1 groundwater · local government · VT0005198 | 551 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 Orleans County — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.
14 school districts have their office in Orleans County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $15.1 million — $11.5 million to run schools, about $15,738 per student, plus $488,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $123,000 local (mostly property tax), $13.4 million state, $0 federal.
Spent $20.6 million — $15.4 million to run schools, about $22,447 per student, plus $218,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $16.6 million state, $267,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.5 million.
Spent $7.9 million — $6.7 million to run schools, about $13,492 per student, plus $91,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1 million local (mostly property tax), $6 million state, $21,000 federal.
Spent $8.3 million — $6.9 million to run schools, about $17,635 per student, plus $210,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $683,000 local (mostly property tax), $5.7 million state, $506,000 federal.
Spent $7.7 million — $6.6 million to run schools, about $21,067 per student, plus $31,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $73,000 local (mostly property tax), $7 million state, $13,000 federal. Long-term debt: $29,000.
Spent $6.1 million — $5.2 million to run schools, about $19,270 per student, plus $124,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $498,000 local (mostly property tax), $5.5 million state, $0 federal. Long-term debt: $1.2 million.
Spent $4.3 million — $3.1 million to run schools, about $14,773 per student, plus $163,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $580,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.8 million state, $13,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.8 million.
Spent $4.2 million — $3.5 million to run schools, about $18,307 per student, plus $27,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $50,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.9 million state, $7,000 federal. Long-term debt: $955,000.
And 6 more.
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 Orleans County about $11.9 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.
182 bridges in Orleans County: 88 in good condition, 88 fair, and 6 poor (3.3%). “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.
| VT 00100 ML over EAST BRANCH MISSISQUOI · built 1929 | 2,600 vehicles a day |
| VT 00100 ML over TAFT BROOK · built 1973 | 1,700 vehicles a day |
| TR 01 FAS 308 over EAST BROOK · built 1929 | 590 vehicles a day |
| C3039 over MUD BROOK · built 1940 | 250 vehicles a day |
| C3055 over BLACK RIVER · built 1925 | 50 vehicles a day |
| C3015 over SUCKER BROOK · built 2001 | 10 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $20.3 million of work in Orleans County in fiscal 2025, about $742 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 Orleans 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 Orleans County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Lamoille County (24 mi) · Caledonia County (26 mi) · Essex County (26 mi) · Franklin County (32 mi) · Washington County (42 mi) · Chittenden County (47 mi).