Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
East Montpelier does the important things well, at a cost. Where it does best is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 95% of the country. The town grades A− overall and ranks 11th of 71 in Vermont. That leaves it better than 83% of U.S. towns. The catch is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $455K, 5.5 years of the Barre area’s $83K median household income. Nearly a quarter of the land here is conserved, above both the Vermont town median (14%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). This Vermont town has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Coburn Covered Bridge and East Village Meetinghouse. East Montpelier Municipal Forest, at 93 acres with 1.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US · National Register of Historic Places · OpenStreetMap.
Where East Montpelier beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Vermont), ordered by how far East Montpelier is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,156 in 1830, a low of 918 in 1920, 2,598 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1935 and a map from 1986 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in East Montpelier, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in East Montpelier.
East Montpelier gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and trades workers with Montpelier and other neighbors.
For adults in East Montpelier, the share who have diabetes is 8.7%. Only 3 of the 71 Vermont towns we compare have a lower share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than East Montpelier. The town beats the Vermont average on 10 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 26% of adults locally have obesity; 14% report frequent mental distress.
| East Montpelier | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 30% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | East Montpelier | VT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.6% | 9.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.7% | 8.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Two of the 3 schools are below, and why each made the list. The largest public high school is U-32 Middle & High School, with 648 students. The Washington Central Unified Union School District #92 runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Montpelier Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 202 | A |
| U-32 Middle & High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 648 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VT on state tests and graduation
Only 5 of the 71 Vermont towns we compare have a lower FEMA hazard score than East Montpelier. FEMA puts 64% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 9% to cold waves. Since 2011, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out here.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Trails total 15 miles in 2 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in East Montpelier: 2, covering 117 acres. Its concentration of trails comes in at 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. East Montpelier Municipal Forest | 1.7 mi | 93 |
| 2. Chickering Bog Natural Area | — | 24 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The Worcester 2 W weather station, 7 miles away, records that 126 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. The Worcester 2 W weather station, 7 miles away, records that about 1 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 95% of U.S. towns.
The typical July afternoon high for East Montpelier comes to 78°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
East Montpelier has about as many jobs (1,034) as working residents, but only 173 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 740 in 2013 to 1,034.
Employers in East Montpelier added 294 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,034. The town’s middle household income is $93,000. Just 16% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. 21% of East Montpelier workers work remotely from home.
| East Montpelier | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 21% | 15% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 2.1% | 9.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $80,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical home in East Montpelier is worth about $455,000, up 1.6% in a year, 16% above the Vermont typical home. The share of households in East Montpelier who are owner-occupiers: 82%.
| East Montpelier | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 82% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,187 a month | $1,133 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Montpelier. Close and well known come first.
23 mi MountainMount Mansfield
21 mi Ski areaStowe Mountain Resort144 runs · 2,390 ft vertical
38 mi LakeLake Willoughby
22 mi Ski areaSugarbush Resort142 runs · 2,569 ft vertical
23 mi Ski areaSmugglers' Notch Resort110 runs · 2,533 ft vertical
22 mi Ski areaMad River Glen77 runs · 1,998 ft verticalMount Mansfield: Original uploader was Calzarette (Joe Calzarette) at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Stowe Mountain Resort: Stevage, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Willoughby: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sugarbush Resort: Mrtrek1701 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Smugglers' Notch Resort: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mad River Glen: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of East Montpelier
About 4 of every 100 East Montpelier residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Vermont.
4 places in East Montpelier on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Vermont, United States
East Montpelier () is a town in Washington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,598 at the 2020 census.
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7 towns share a border with East Montpelier.
| Town | VT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Montpelier | #11 | A− | C− | — | B+ | A+ |
| Montpelier | #30 | B | D | C− | A− | A+ |
| Berlin | #48 | C | C+ | D− | B+ | A |
| Calais | — | — | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Middlesex | — | — | C | — | B+ | A+ |
| Barre | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plainfield | — | — | C | — | B+ | A− |
| Marshfield | — | — | C | — | B+ | A− |
Calais, Middlesex, Plainfield and Marshfield have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. East Montpelier, Calais, Middlesex, Plainfield and Marshfield report no FBI crime data of their own. Barre isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare East Montpelier with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. East Montpelier grades A− overall, better than 83% of U.S. towns and #11 of 71 in Vermont. It grades A+ for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
2 notable people were born here, including Carroll L. Coburn and Clarence H. Pitkin.
