Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Lyndon is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 46th among Vermont's 71 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: residents are healthier than 66% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $296K, 4.2 years of the county’s $70K median household income. Lyndon’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile, above both Vermont’s towns (0.6) and U.S. towns (0.4). Lyndon is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Centre Covered Bridge (Additional Documentation) and Old Schoolhouse Bridge.
Where Lyndon beats most towns.
Census counts: 59 in 1790, 5,491 in 2020. The archive holds 31 old photos and papers going back to 1865 and a map from 1986 on.
10 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Vermont), ordered by how far Lyndon is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lyndon, 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 Lyndon.
Lyndon gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and trades workers with St. Johnsbury and other neighbors.
47 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Among 71 Vermont towns, just 7 have a lower share of conserved land than Lyndon.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fairground | — | 47 |
| 2. Powers Park | — | 6 |
| 3. Bandstand Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Kingdom East Unified Union School District #64. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndon Town SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 471 | C+ |
| Lyndon Institute PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 442 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VT on state tests
86% of households own their home in Lyndon, against 75% in Vermont’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. The typical Lyndon home is worth about $296,000, up 1.5% in a year, 24% below the Vermont typical home.
| Lyndon | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,096 a month | $1,137 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The Sutton weather station, 5 miles away, records that 142 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 99% of U.S. towns.
Lyndon has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Lyndon is 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 10,435 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lyndon’s, it is healthier than 84%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income. Within Vermont it is less healthy than 79% of the 71 graded towns: Vermont sets a high bar.
28% of Lyndon adults have been diagnosed with depression. Lyndon beats the Vermont average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 18% of Lyndon adults report frequent mental distress.
| Lyndon | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 30% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Lyndon | VT |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.3% | 10.1% |
| More adults who get no exercise | 24.1% | 18.9% |
| More smokers | 13.9% | 11.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lyndon has about as many jobs (2,088) as working residents, but only 518 people both live and work here.
About one in 4 of Lyndon’s working residents works in town. Jobs based in Lyndon fell to 2,088 in 2023, 321 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are St.
| Lyndon | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 25% | 16% | 8% |
| Work from home | 11% | 15% | 11% |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.2% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
80 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 18 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 80 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lyndon.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lyndon. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi MountainMount Washington
14 mi LakeLake Willoughby
32 mi TheatreHaskell Free Library and Opera House
40 mi MountainMount Mansfield
30 mi Ski areaCannon Mountain104 runs · 2,201 ft vertical
6 mi Ski areaBurke Mountain Resort61 runs · 1,990 ft verticalMount Washington: wwoods, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Willoughby: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Haskell Free Library and Opera House: Thomsonmg2000, CC0 · Mount Mansfield: Original uploader was Calzarette (Joe Calzarette) at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Cannon Mountain: Mikespenard at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Burke Mountain Resort: Patrick McCaffrey, CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Lyndon; the nearest are
About 10 of every 100 Lyndon residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Vermont.
10 places in Lyndon on the National Register of Historic Places.
6 notable people were born in Lyndon.
Town in Vermont, United States
Lyndon is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,491. Lyndon is the home of one of the campuses of Vermont State University. The town contains five unincorporated villages, Lyndonville just east of the geographic center of town, Lyndon Corner in the south, Lyndon Center in the center of town on the west side of Lyndonville, Little Egypt in the north, and East Lyndon in the southeast. Lyndon is the second-most populous town in the Northeast Kingdom; only neighboring St. Johnsbury is larger. It was also the fastest growing town in Vermont with a population over 5,000, growing 9.8% in the decade preceding the 2010 census.
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5 towns share a border with Lyndon.
| Town | VT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndon | #46 | C+ | C | — | C | B+ |
| Kirby | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burke | — | — | C− | — | C | B |
| St. Johnsbury | #60 | C− | C+ | C− | C− | B |
| Wheelock | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sutton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Burke has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Lyndon and Burke report no FBI crime data of their own. Kirby, Wheelock and Sutton aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lyndon with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Lyndon grades C+ overall, better than 37% of U.S. towns and #46 of 71 in Vermont. It grades B+ for health and C for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
6 notable people were born here, including Charles W. Willard and Francis S. Hoyt.
