59,844 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.1% since 2020)
687 square miles of land · 87 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.
42 active community water systems list Washington County in the area they serve, reporting 48,516 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BARRE CITY WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · VT0005254 | 14,000 served |
| MONTPELIER WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · VT0005272 | 8,912 served |
| EDWARD FARRAR UTILITY DISTRICT surface water · local government · VT0005284 | 6,003 served |
| NORTHFIELD WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · VT0005275 | 5,145 served |
| MOUNTAIN WATER COMPANY surface water · private · VT0005281 | 2,400 served |
| BERLIN MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · VT0021202 | 1,819 served |
| BARRE TOWN WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · VT0005566 | 1,638 served |
| CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER buys surface water · private · VT0008300 | 1,528 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 Washington County — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.
6 school districts have their office in Washington County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $66.2 million — $63.5 million to run schools, about $28,599 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.7 million local (mostly property tax), $54.1 million state, $7.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.7 million.
Spent $51.8 million — $49 million to run schools, about $26,969 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $46.1 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.5 million.
Spent $44.6 million — $38.9 million to run schools, about $27,197 per student, plus $2.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3 million local (mostly property tax), $38.9 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.5 million.
Spent $31.5 million — $30.4 million to run schools, about $24,632 per student, plus $432,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $589,000 local (mostly property tax), $28.7 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.3 million.
Spent $8.1 million — $6.2 million to run schools, about $19,284 per student, plus $66,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $112,000 local (mostly property tax), $7.2 million state, $0 federal. Long-term debt: $168,000.
Spent $4.1 million — $2.8 million to run schools, about $17,262 per student, plus $16,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $105,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.7 million state, $0 federal. Long-term debt: $345,000.
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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Washington County about $22.2 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.
248 bridges in Washington County: 113 in good condition, 124 fair, and 11 poor (4.4%). “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.
| US 00002 ML over LITTLE RIVER · built 1961 | 5,600 vehicles a day |
| VT 00012 ML over DOG RIVER · built 1926 | 4,200 vehicles a day |
| C2001 over SHEPARD BROOK · built 1928 | 500 vehicles a day |
| VT 0012A ALT over FLINT BROOK · built 1933 | 400 vehicles a day |
| C2002 over GREAT BROOK · built 1991 | 362 vehicles a day |
| C2002 over GREAT BROOK · built 1929 | 362 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $487.1 million of work in Washington County in fiscal 2025, about $8,145 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 Washington 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 Washington County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Orange County (22 mi) · Lamoille County (23 mi) · Chittenden County (26 mi) · Caledonia County (28 mi) · Addison County (31 mi) · Orleans County (42 mi).