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Health is its strong suit — it is healthier than 95% of U.S. towns. Woodstock’s overall grade of B+ puts it better than 70% of U.S. towns, 21st of 71 in Vermont. Schools are another plus: its schools outperform 92% of the state's. The drawback is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $692K, 8.3 years of the Lebanon area’s $83K median household income. It also trails on hazard risk (C): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 63% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Its National Register listings include George Perkins Marsh Boyhood Home and Lincoln Covered Bridge. 38% of working residents work locally here, above both Vermont’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (8%). History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 100% of U.S. towns, with 17 places on the National Register.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · National Register of Historic Places · Census LEHD, 2023.
Where Woodstock beats most towns.
George Perkins Marsh Boyhood Home
George Perkins Marsh Boyhood Home is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 1,605 in 1790, 3,005 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1782 and 2 maps from 1911 on.
17 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Vermont), ordered by how far Woodstock is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 95% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 4%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Woodstock. Close and well known come first.
12 mi Ski areaKillington Resort184 runs · 3,031 ft vertical
16 mi Ski areaOkemo Mountain119 runs · 2,165 ft vertical
in town National Historical ParkMarsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park78K visitors a year
5 mi Ski areaSaskadena Six38 runs · 618 ft vertical
11 mi National Historical ParkSaint-Gaudens National Historical Park28K visitors a year
39 mi Ski areaStratton Mountain Resort106 runs · 1,899 ft verticalKillington Resort: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Okemo Mountain: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Landsc, Public domain · Saskadena Six: Jared C. Benedict, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Stratton Mountain Resort: Rudi Riet from Washington, DC, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Woodstock, 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 Woodstock.
Woodstock is a second-home town and has fewer 90° days than most of the country, though not than most of Vermont; it also has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Vermont.
At 8.3 years of the Lebanon area’s $83K median household income, the typical home (about $692K) costs more against local pay than in 94% of Vermont towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. The typical value, about $692K, is 7% below its July 2022 peak.
In Woodstock, the midpoint rent is $1,430 a month. The typical Woodstock home is worth about $692,000, about the same as a year ago, 76% above the Vermont typical home. Woodstock: 69% of households are owner-occupiers.
| Woodstock | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,430 a month | $1,133 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 69% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
That grade comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $692K.
Its public schools are run by the Mountain Views Unified Union School District #76. The largest public high school is Woodstock Union Middle/High School, with 440 students. 2 public schools serve Woodstock, with 713 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodstock Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 273 | A |
| Woodstock Union Middle/High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 440 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VT on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Vermont is tooth loss: 6.5% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 10.1% statewide.
Nearly one in ten adults have diabetes in Woodstock. Among 71 Vermont towns, just 7 have a lower share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Woodstock. Two figures for adults here: 14% binge drink, 8.9% smoke cigarettes. Against the Vermont average, Woodstock comes out ahead on 14 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 2.
| Woodstock | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.9% | 12% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| What stands out | Woodstock | VT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.5% | 10.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.2% | 9.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.5% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In 7 parks and preserves, walkers have 55 miles of trail. Coolidge State Forest, at 834 acres with 1.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. The concentration of trails in Woodstock is 1.3 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park | 14.8 mi | 554 |
| 2. Billings Park | 3.1 mi | 129 |
| 3. Coolidge State Forest | 1.6 mi | 834 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
23.5% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes, against 14.7% statewide, which helps explain the older median age.
The share of residents in Woodstock who are under 18: 16%. Of the 71 Vermont towns we compare, none has a higher midpoint age than Woodstock. Four-year graduates: 53% of adults 25 and older here, 44% across Vermont.
| Woodstock | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 years | 43.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 33% | 22% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 53% | 39% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 16% | 19% | 22% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.9 points. Across Vermont, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Woodstock | VT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.9% | 9.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.7% | 8.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.1% | 10% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.5% | 11.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.6% | 12.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.9% | 14.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.9% | 13% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 15.8% | 8.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.2% | 5.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.8% | 26.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.9% | 15.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.2% | 8.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.4% | 25.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 28.5% | 18.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,000, single groups can be off by several points
The Rochester weather station, 22 miles away, records that about 3 days a year reach 90°: fewer than most of the country, but more than 81% of Vermont places with climate records.
Expect July afternoons of 80° and January nights of 9°, with about 76 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
32.8% of workers work from home, against 16.9% across Vermont.
Only 3 of the 71 Vermont towns we compare have a higher typical household income than Woodstock. About one in three of the town’s working residents works in town. Employers in Woodstock added 309 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,855. Also worth knowing: in Woodstock, the average trip to work is 22 minutes.
| Woodstock | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 38% | 16% | 8% |
| Median household income | $121,000 | $80,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Since 1996, Woodstock has seen 29 flood insurance claims paid out. FEMA puts 84% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2023.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Woodstock
About 1 of every 100 Woodstock residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Vermont.
17 places in Woodstock on the National Register of Historic Places.
25 notable people were born in Woodstock.
Town in Vermont, United States
Woodstock is the shire town (county seat) of Windsor County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 3,005. It includes the villages of Woodstock, South Woodstock, Taftsville, and West Woodstock.
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5 towns share a border with Woodstock.
| Town | VT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodstock | #21 | B+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Pomfret | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hartland | #52 | C | D | — | C+ | A |
| Hartford | #28 | B | C− | C+ | A− | A |
| Reading | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bridgewater | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Woodstock and Hartland report no FBI crime data of their own. Pomfret, Reading and Bridgewater aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Woodstock with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Woodstock grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #21 of 71 in Vermont. It grades A+ for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
25 notable people were born here, including George Perkins Marsh and Keegan Bradley.
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