AlgiersVT
A town of 242.
Is Algiers a good place to live?
29% of residents live below the poverty line in Algiers, where Vermont’s towns sit at 9.5% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Of the 72 Vermont towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Algiers. Algiers has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
242 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Algiers: who provides what
Algiers is unincorporated, so Windham County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Algiers.
In Algiers, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Algiers has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. No town among the 72 in Vermont we compare has a higher July high than Algiers.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Vermont and the rest of the country, fewer of Algiers’ working residents work locally
1.3% of Algiers working residents work locally, below both Vermont’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (8%). Since 2013, Algiers has added 38 jobs, to 77 in 2023. The average trip to work in Algiers is 20 minutes.
| Algiers | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 16% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy Algiers is
Algiers beats the Vermont average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 27% of adults have obesity in Algiers.
| Algiers | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 30% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 76% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 30% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Algiers | VT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.2% | 10.1% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 62.2% | 69.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Algiers
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 54% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mount Monadnock and 38 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Algiers. Close and well known come first.
24 mi MountainMount Monadnock
32 mi MountainMount Greylock
35 mi LakeQuabbin Reservoir
33 mi MuseumClark Art Institute
19 mi Ski areaMount Snow119 runs · 1,648 ft vertical
26 mi Ski areaStratton Mountain Resort106 runs · 1,899 ft verticalPhoto credits
Mount Monadnock: Jonwmcinenrey, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Quabbin Reservoir: engineerchange, CC BY 2.0 · Clark Art Institute: Daderot, Public domain · Mount Snow: William J Sisti from Morristown, NJ, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Stratton Mountain Resort: Rudi Riet from Washington, DC, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Everything we know about Algiers
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Algiers
About 0 of every 100 Algiers residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Vermont.
About Algiers
Unincorporated community in Vermont, U.S.
Algiers is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Guilford, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, Algiers had a population of 186.
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Questions about Algiers
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Algiers, VT a good place to live?
Algiers has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.