Greensboro BendVT
A town of 224, settled in 1873.
Is Greensboro Bend a good place to live?
Of the 72 Vermont towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Greensboro Bend. Greensboro Bend has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
224 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Greensboro Bend: who provides what
Greensboro Bend is unincorporated, so Orleans 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 Greensboro Bend.
Greensboro Bend skews younger than Vermont
Four-year graduates: just over two in five adults 25 and older here, 44% across Vermont. People 65 and older are 6% of residents (22% statewide); children under 18 are 30% of residents (18% statewide). 14% never finished high school.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 38% and 61% women
The Census survey reached too few of Greensboro Bend’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±11.5 points. Across Vermont, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Greensboro Bend | VT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.7% | 9.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 19.6% | 8.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.1% | 10% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.7% | 11.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.8% | 12.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 20.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.1% | 14.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 1.3% | 13% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.5% | 8.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 14.3% | 5.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.9% | 26.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.4% | 15.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.7% | 8.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 32.9% | 25.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.9% | 18.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 200, single groups can be off by several points
Most of Greensboro Bend’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.6 jobs for each of them
For most workers, Greensboro Bend is a place to come home to: only 2% work in town. 17% of Greensboro Bend residents live below the poverty line, against 9.5% in Vermont’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. The mean commuting time in the town is 20 minutes. The median commute is under 16 miles.
| Greensboro Bend | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Greensboro Bend, a typical July afternoon runs cooler than in the typical Vermont or U.S. town
Winters in Greensboro Bend are cold, snowy and summers pleasant. July afternoons reach 77°, January nights drop to 6° and about 142 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Greensboro Bend has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Greensboro Bend’s FEMA hazard score stands at 63 of 100, where Vermont’s towns sit at 34 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100. Expected losses in Greensboro Bend break down as 84% from inland flooding and 5% from cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Greensboro Bend is
On the CDC’s 31 measures, Greensboro Bend is ahead of Vermont on 5 and behind on 2. Among 72 Vermont towns, just 5 have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Greensboro Bend. 7.3% of adults worry about having enough food in the town.
| Greensboro Bend | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 7.3% | 9.5% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 30% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 9.1% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Greensboro Bend | VT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.4% | 10.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.4% | 8.6% |
| More adults sleeping under 7 hours | 34.1% | 28.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mount Mansfield and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Greensboro Bend. Close and well known come first.
27 mi MountainMount Mansfield
17 mi LakeLake Willoughby
32 mi TheatreHaskell Free Library and Opera House
26 mi Ski areaStowe Mountain Resort144 runs · 2,390 ft vertical
28 mi Ski areaJay Peak Resort79 runs · 1,988 ft vertical
39 mi Ski areaCannon Mountain104 runs · 2,201 ft verticalPhoto credits
Mount Mansfield: Original uploader was Calzarette (Joe Calzarette) at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Lake Willoughby: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Haskell Free Library and Opera House: Thomsonmg2000, CC0 · Stowe Mountain Resort: Stevage, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jay Peak Resort: Hanumanix at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Cannon Mountain: Mikespenard at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Greensboro Bend
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Greensboro Bend
About 12 of every 100 Greensboro Bend residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Vermont.
98% of working residents leave Greensboro Bend for work
Where Greensboro Bend’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Greensboro Bend
Census-designated place in Vermont, United States
Greensboro Bend is a census-designated place in the town of Greensboro, Orleans County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, Greensboro Bend had a population of 237.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 2.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,178 ft
- ZIP code
- 05842
Questions about Greensboro Bend
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Greensboro Bend, VT a good place to live?
Greensboro Bend has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.