45,627 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.5% since 2020)
786 square miles of land · 58 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.
48 active community water systems list Windham County in the area they serve, reporting 36,329 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BRATTLEBORO WATER DEPT surface water · local government · VT0005290 | 12,200 served |
| WINHALL STRATTON F D 1 groundwater · local government · VT0005305 | 6,200 served |
| BELLOWS FALLS WATER DEPT surface water · local government · VT0005298 | 4,000 served |
| CHIMNEY HILL groundwater · private · VT0005312 | 2,594 served |
| TOWN OF WILMINGTON WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · VT0005310 | 1,400 served |
| PUTNEY WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · VT0020934 | 1,300 served |
| TIMBER CREEK COA INC groundwater · private · VT0005615 | 1,116 served |
| COLD BROOK FD BASE AREA groundwater · local government · VT0005649 | 761 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 Windham County — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.
13 school districts have their office in Windham County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $64.7 million — $45.5 million to run schools, about $19,160 per student, plus $3.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3 million local (mostly property tax), $52.6 million state, $5.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $4 million.
Spent $9.7 million — $7.1 million to run schools, about $13,432 per student. Money in: $937,000 local (mostly property tax), $9.3 million state, $0 federal. Long-term debt: $6.8 million.
Spent $10.1 million — $8 million to run schools, about $21,162 per student, plus $110,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $9 million state, $1,000 federal.
Spent $8 million — $5.8 million to run schools, about $18,236 per student. Money in: $31,000 local (mostly property tax), $7.5 million state, $0 federal.
Spent $14.3 million — $10.1 million to run schools, about $46,585 per student, plus $308,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $808,000 local (mostly property tax), $13.2 million state, $6,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.2 million.
Spent $7.3 million — $4.1 million to run schools, about $20,176 per student, plus $66,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $266,000 local (mostly property tax), $6.7 million state, $0 federal.
Spent $6.5 million — $4.3 million to run schools, about $21,495 per student, plus $65,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $183,000 local (mostly property tax), $6.4 million state, $0 federal.
Spent $3.8 million — $2.5 million to run schools, about $23,327 per student, plus $56,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $78,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.8 million state, $3,000 federal.
And 5 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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Windham County about $20.3 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.
338 bridges in Windham County: 149 in good condition, 166 fair, and 23 poor (6.8%). “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.
| I 00091 ML over I 91 OVER US 5 · built 1959 | 18,300 vehicles a day |
| I 00091 ML over I 91 OVER VT 103 · built 1963 | 15,000 vehicles a day |
| NH119 over CONNECTICUT RIVER · built 1920 | 7,103 vehicles a day |
| BRIDGE STREET over CONNECTICUT RIVER · built 1930 | 6,100 vehicles a day |
| VT 00009 ML over N. BR. DEERFIELD RIVER · built 1934 | 4,400 vehicles a day |
| VT 00960 SPUR over I 91 UNDER PUTNEY SH · built 1961 | 3,500 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $38.8 million of work in Windham County in fiscal 2025, about $844 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 Windham 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 Windham County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Bennington County (20 mi) · Cheshire County, NH (24 mi) · Franklin County, MA (29 mi) · Sullivan County, NH (36 mi) · Windsor County (40 mi) · Washington County, NY (42 mi).