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A town of 1,147, settled in 1761.
Winhall’s best subject grades are an A+ for health and an A for safety and the outdoors; its weakest is a C− for cost of living. 67% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Winhall, where Vermont’s towns sit at 40% and U.S. towns at 29%. No town among the 72 in Vermont we compare has a lower July high than Winhall. 61% of the land in Winhall is conserved, above both the Vermont town median (14%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Green Mountain National Forest, 15,773 acres with 36.5 miles of trail. Only 7 of Vermont’s 172 towns score lower on history. Winhall has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Winhall beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Vermont), ordered by how far Winhall is from typical.
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Census counts: 155 in 1790, a low of 155 in 1790, 1,182 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 4 maps from 1894 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Winhall, 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 Winhall.
63 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Winhall’s trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Green Mountain National Forest | 36.5 mi | 15,773 |
| 2. Lye Brook Wilderness | 9.6 mi | 3,677 |
| 3. Gale Meadows Wildlife Management Area | 0.7 mi | 866 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain School at Winhall PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades K–7 | Grades K–7 | 50 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VT on state tests
The typical Winhall home is worth about $662,000, up 1.2% in a year, 69% above the Vermont typical home. 81% of households own their home in Winhall.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Winhall beats the Vermont average on 11 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 13% of Winhall adults report frequent mental distress. Only 2 of the 72 Vermont towns we compare have a lower share of adults who worry about having enough food than Winhall.
| Winhall | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 19% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 12% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| What stands out | Winhall | VT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.2% | 10.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.9% | 9.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.6% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The property crime rate in Winhall is 0 per 1,000 residents.
| Winhall | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 13.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.9 per 1,000 residents | 1.8 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities. Since 2011, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Winhall.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Winhall for work: only 8% work in town. Since 2013, Winhall has lost 132 jobs, to 219 in 2023. The top destinations are Stratton (13%), Manchester (13%) and Londonderry (8%).
| Winhall | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $80,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.1% | 16% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Winhall has cold, snowy winters and cool summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 75°, January nights drop to 9° and about 130 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Winhall. Close and well known come first.
38 mi MountainMount Greylock
6 mi Ski areaStratton Mountain Resort106 runs · 1,899 ft vertical
38 mi Theme parkGreat Escape
4 mi Ski areaBromley Mountain Ski Resort;Bromley Mountain67 runs · 1,297 ft vertical
15 mi Ski areaMount Snow119 runs · 1,648 ft vertical
32 mi Ski areaKillington Resort184 runs · 3,031 ft verticalMount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Stratton Mountain Resort: Rudi Riet from Washington, DC, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Great Escape: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Bromley Mountain Ski Resort;Bromley Mountain: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Snow: William J Sisti from Morristown, NJ, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Killington Resort: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Winhall; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Winhall residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Vermont.
61% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
3 notable people were born in Winhall.
Town in Vermont, United States
Winhall is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,182 at the 2020 census. In the southeastern corner of the town is the unincorporated village of Bondville. Half of the community of Stratton Mountain, part of Stratton Mountain Resort, is in the southern part of the town.
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Yes. That is 9 years of the area's median household income ($73,325 across the Bennington, 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 C−.
3 notable people were born here, including Rachel Brooks Gleason and Lewis A. Grant.
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