57,697 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.1% since 2020)
969 square miles of land · 60 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.
47 active community water systems list Windsor County in the area they serve, reporting 45,305 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SPRINGFIELD WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · VT0005333 | 9,800 served |
| HARTFORD WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · VT0005319 | 7,600 served |
| CHESTER WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · VT0005318 | 3,200 served |
| LUDLOW VILLAGE WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · VT0005323 | 2,880 served |
| TOWN OF WOODSTOCK WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · VT0005343 | 2,473 served |
| WINDSOR WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · VT0005341 | 2,350 served |
| QUECHEE CENTRAL groundwater · public/private · VT0005320 | 2,262 served |
| BETHEL WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · VT0005315 | 1,929 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 Windsor County — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.
15 school districts have their office in Windsor County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $43 million — $39.7 million to run schools, about $27,294 per student, plus $780,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.1 million local (mostly property tax), $35 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $12.4 million.
Spent $45 million — $35.8 million to run schools, about $28,788 per student, plus $6.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.8 million local (mostly property tax), $33.4 million state, $10.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $12.8 million.
Spent $26.1 million — $20.5 million to run schools, about $19,969 per student, plus $2.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $21.4 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.5 million.
Spent $16.5 million — $13.6 million to run schools, about $19,691 per student, plus $470,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $14.1 million state, $0 federal. Long-term debt: $826,000.
Spent $14.2 million — $10.2 million to run schools, about $15,832 per student, plus $309,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $11.8 million state, $0 federal. Long-term debt: $195,000.
Spent $12.7 million — $10.4 million to run schools, about $16,597 per student, plus $13,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $12.2 million state, $2,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.4 million.
Spent $16.2 million — $15.6 million to run schools, about $44,561 per student, plus $251,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $236,000 local (mostly property tax), $15.1 million state, $493,000 federal. Long-term debt: $45,000.
Spent $7.3 million — $5.4 million to run schools, about $17,151 per student, plus $18,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $20,000 local (mostly property tax), $7.2 million state, $0 federal.
And 7 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 Windsor County about $25.1 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.
483 bridges in Windsor County: 216 in good condition, 241 fair, and 26 poor (5.4%). “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.
| I 00091 ML over US 4 VT 14 NECR WHTR · built 1967 | 21,000 vehicles a day |
| I-89 NB over CONNECTICUT RIVER NECRR · built 1966 | 20,105 vehicles a day |
| I-89 SB over CONNECTICUT RIVER NECRR · built 1966 | 19,185 vehicles a day |
| I 00089 ML over I 89 OVER WR&NECR&107 · built 1968 | 15,800 vehicles a day |
| I 00091 ML over I 91 OVER US 5 · built 1965 | 13,000 vehicles a day |
| I 00091 ML over I 91 OVER US 5 · built 1965 | 13,000 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $69.8 million of work in Windsor County in fiscal 2025, about $1,209 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 Windsor 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 Windsor County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
More of Vermont: the state government and every county in Vermont.
Nearby counties: Rutland County (23 mi) · Sullivan County, NH (24 mi) · Orange County (32 mi) · Windham County (40 mi) · Addison County (42 mi) · Grafton County, NH (45 mi).