Windham County, Vermont

A county in Vermont, ranked 6 of 14 by population.

CountyFIPS 50025

Within Vermont
Windham County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Newfane, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
45,204
-654 (-1.4%) since 2020
Land area
786
square miles. A further 1.6% of the total area is water
Population density
57.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Newfane
Seat of county government.
Established
1781
244 years ago
Largest city
Bellows Falls village
Population 2,706.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Windham County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Windham County, Vermont from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 647 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Windham County ranks

Position among the 14 counties of Vermont, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn VermontNationally
Population45,2046th of 141,092nd of 3,144
Land area786 sq mi3rd of 141,099th of 3,144
Population density57.5 per sq mi7th of 141,343rd of 3,144
Median household income$72,21710th of 141,032nd of 3,143

Full data for Windham County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population45,204Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202045,858Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?45,909Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area786 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area12.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area798.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?57.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$72,217American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$279,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households19,784American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units30,183American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-277
292 births, 569 deaths
Net migration
0
Arrivals and departures balanced.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Windham County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Bennington CountyVermont49 mi36,630
Cheshire CountyNew Hampshire41 mi78,269
Franklin CountyMassachusetts24 mi70,698
Windsor CountyVermont20 mi57,312
Sullivan CountyNew Hampshire5.6 mi43,961

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 14 counties of Vermont

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.