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A town of 1,931, settled in 1827.
The best of Huntington’s subject grades are an A+ for health and an A for schools and the outdoors; the weakest is a D for walkability. No town in Vermont scores lower than Huntington on hazard risk. 30% of the land in Huntington is conserved, against 14% in Vermont’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Camel's Hump State Park, 4,809 acres with 11.8 miles of trail. Only 12 of Vermont’s 172 towns score higher on the outdoors. Huntington has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Huntington beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Huntington | VT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.1% | 10.1% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Brewster Pierce School | PK–4 | 127 |
The archive holds 19 old photos and papers going back to 1870 and 3 maps from 1924 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Vermont), ordered by how far Huntington is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Huntington. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi LakeLake Champlain
16 mi MountainMount Mansfield
12 mi Ski areaSugarbush Resort142 runs · 2,569 ft vertical
16 mi Ski areaStowe Mountain Resort144 runs · 2,390 ft vertical
9 mi Ski areaMad River Glen77 runs · 1,998 ft vertical
15 mi MuseumShelburne MuseumLake Champlain: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Mount Mansfield: Original uploader was Calzarette (Joe Calzarette) at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Sugarbush Resort: Mrtrek1701 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Stowe Mountain Resort: Stevage, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mad River Glen: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Shelburne Museum: Storylanding, CC0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Huntington, 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 Huntington.
Huntington beats the Vermont average on 22 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 25% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Huntington, below both Vermont’s towns (30%) and U.S. towns (36%). 12% of Huntington adults get no exercise outside work.
| Huntington | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 30% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 19% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 30% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 32% | 35% |
| What stands out | Huntington | VT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.1% | 10.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.8% | 9.2% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 73.7% | 76.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brewster Pierce SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 127 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VT on state tests and graduation
47 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Huntington’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Camel's Hump State Park | 11.8 mi | 4,809 |
| 2. Huntington Gap Wildlife Manangement Area | 2.4 mi | 1,249 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The FEMA risk score in Huntington is 79 of 100. Since 1980, 16 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Huntington.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Huntington for work: only 6% work in town. Since 2013, Huntington has added 90 jobs, to 214 in 2023. 5.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Huntington.
| Huntington | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.2% | 16% | 8% |
| Work from home | 17% | 15% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
No town among the 72 in Vermont we compare has a lower July high than Huntington. Huntington has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Huntington home is worth about $471,000, up 4% in a year, 20% above the Vermont typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
None within 15 miles of Huntington; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Huntington residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Vermont.
Where Huntington’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Huntington on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Huntington.
Town in Vermont, United States
Huntington is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,938 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Huntington.
| Town | VT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington | — | — | B | — | A | A+ |
| Starksboro | — | — | C | — | A− | A |
| Bolton | — | — | B− | — | A | A+ |
| Richmond | #6 | A | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Duxbury | — | — | C− | — | A | A+ |
Huntington, Starksboro, Bolton and Duxbury have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Huntington, Starksboro, Bolton, Richmond and Duxbury report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Huntington with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
3 notable people were born here, including Damon Wayans Jr. and Emerson Hamilton Liscum.
