Lyndon Center vs St. Johnsbury

A side-by-side comparison of Lyndon Center and St. Johnsbury: population, income, housing, and more.

Lyndon Center and St. Johnsbury are places in Vermont. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Johnsbury has the higher population (5,945 vs 337 in Lyndon Center). Since 2019, Lyndon Center's population has grown faster (+23.0% vs +1.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Lyndon Center	St. Johnsbury
Population	337	5,945
Median age	30.5 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$49,033
Median home value	—	$171,900
Median gross rent	—	$887
Housing units	70	2,963
Homeownership rate	100.0%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.6%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyndon Center	St. Johnsbury
Population	274 → 337 (+23.0%)	5,865 → 5,945 (+1.4%)
Median household income	—	$37,889 → $49,033 (+29.4%)
Median home value	—	$139,900 → $171,900 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$753 → $887 (+17.8%)

Lyndon Center

Population

274337

St. Johnsbury

Population

5,8655,945

Median household income

$37,889$49,033

Median home value

$139,900$171,900

Median gross rent

$753$887

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyndon Center	St. Johnsbury
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	23.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	21.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	7.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	23.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	17.8%	13.5%
75 and over	6.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyndon Center	St. Johnsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyndon Center	St. Johnsbury
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	16.6%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.8%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyndon Center	St. Johnsbury
Drove alone	84.2%	70.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyndon Center	St. Johnsbury
1-unit, detached	100.0%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	31.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Lyndon Center	St. Johnsbury
Poverty rate	4.5%	20.4%
Average household size	3.90	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	—	1938