Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Windsor's standout: it has 28 miles of trail and 35% conserved land. Overall it grades B−, 38th of 71 graded towns in Vermont. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 86% of the country. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 100% of U.S. towns, with 13 places on the National Register. 35% of the land in Windsor is conserved, against 14% in Vermont’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Windsor Village Historic District and Old Constitution House.
Where Windsor beats most towns.
Robbins and Lawrence Armory and Machine Shop is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 1,542 in 1790, a low of 1,542 in 1790, 3,559 in 2020. The archive holds 30 old photos and papers going back to 1805 and 3 maps from 1926 on.
13 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Vermont), ordered by how far Windsor is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Windsor. Close and well known come first.
21 mi Ski areaKillington Resort184 runs · 3,031 ft vertical
2 mi National Historical ParkSaint-Gaudens National Historical Park28K visitors a year
16 mi Ski areaOkemo Mountain119 runs · 2,165 ft vertical
in town MuseumAmerican Precision Museum
36 mi Ski areaStratton Mountain Resort106 runs · 1,899 ft vertical
20 mi Ski areaMount Sunapee77 runs · 1,469 ft verticalKillington Resort: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Okemo Mountain: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Precision Museum: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Stratton Mountain Resort: Rudi Riet from Washington, DC, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Mount Sunapee: User:Josephbrophy, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Windsor, 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 Windsor.
Windsor sends many workers across the state line to Lebanon, keeps more of its land conserved than most of Vermont and gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of Vermont.
Its 4,362 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 99% of Vermont towns. Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #2 of 71 in Vermont.
At 1.4 miles per square mile, Windsor’s trail density is where Vermont’s towns sit at 0.6 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Path of Life Sculpture Garden | 1.4 mi | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Mount Ascutney School District #86. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Windsor School, with 572 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations PrivateLargest school before high school | 10 | – | |
| Windsor SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 572 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VT on state tests and graduation
Within Vermont it is healthier than 59% of the 71 graded towns: Vermont sets a high bar.
74% of adults had a checkup this year in Windsor. Windsor beats the Vermont average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 27% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Windsor.
| Windsor | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 76% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 30% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 35% |
| What stands out | Windsor | VT |
|---|---|---|
| More adults sleeping under 7 hours | 33.3% | 28.6% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 65% | 69.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Adults 18 to 34 are 11% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 30% of residents (22% statewide). Windsor has lost 2.4% of its people since 2020, down to 3,464 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 40% of Windsor adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Windsor | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44.8 years | 43.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 39% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 18% | 22% |
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±4.6 points). Across Vermont, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Windsor | VT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.4% | 9.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.1% | 8.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.6% | 10% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.3% | 11.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 20.1% | 12.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.4% | 14.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.7% | 13% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 15.1% | 8.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5% | 5.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.7% | 26.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 11.8% | 15.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.8% | 8.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.5% | 25.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.3% | 18.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,500, single groups can be off by several points
The typical Windsor home is worth about $288,000, up 3% in a year, 27% below the Vermont typical home.
| Windsor | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 58% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,026 a month | $1,137 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The Newport weather station, 14 miles away, records that 66 inches of snow fall in a normal winter: more than most of the country, but less than 83% of Vermont places with climate records.
Windsor has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Windsor’s July high is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
33% of working residents cross a state line to work, Lebanon among the top destinations.
No town among the 71 in Vermont we compare has a lower median household income than Windsor. Most working residents leave Windsor for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (17%), Hartford (12%) and Hanover (8%).
| Windsor | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $52,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 19% | 16% | 8% |
| Work from home | 10% | 15% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.8% | 9.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The property crime rate in Windsor is 6 per 1,000 residents.
| Windsor | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6 per 1,000 residents | 14.2 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2 per 1,000 residents | 1.6 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 50% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 19 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Windsor.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Windsor
About 1 of every 100 Windsor residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Vermont.
13 places in Windsor on the National Register of Historic Places.
18 notable people were born in Windsor.
Town in Vermont, United States
Windsor is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. As the "Birthplace of Vermont", the town is where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted in 1777, thus marking the founding of the Vermont Republic, a sovereign state until 1791, when Vermont joined the United States. Over much of its history, Windsor was home to a variety of manufacturing enterprises. Its population was 3,559 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Windsor.
| Town | VT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | #38 | B− | B− | B | C+ | A |
| West Windsor | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | A |
| Weathersfield | #17 | B+ | B− | A | C+ | A− |
| Hartland | #52 | C | D | — | C+ | A |
West Windsor has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. West Windsor and Hartland report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Windsor with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Windsor grades B− overall, better than 51% of U.S. towns and #38 of 71 in Vermont. It grades A for health, B for safety and C+ for schools.
That is 3.5 years of the area's median household income ($83,269 across the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
18 notable people were born here, including Andrew Ellicott Douglass and Matt Salinger.
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