Lyndonville vs St. Johnsbury

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

Lyndonville 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 1,229 in Lyndonville). St. Johnsbury has the higher median household income ($49,033 vs $43,693 in Lyndonville). Lyndonville has the higher median home value ($290,000 vs $171,900 in St. Johnsbury).

Population, income & housing

	Lyndonville	St. Johnsbury
Population	1,229	5,945
Median age	32.9 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,693	$49,033
Median home value	$290,000	$171,900
Median gross rent	$1,083	$887
Housing units	618	2,963
Homeownership rate	48.4%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyndonville	St. Johnsbury
Population	1,411 → 1,229 (-12.9%)	5,865 → 5,945 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$33,550 → $43,693 (+30.2%)	$37,889 → $49,033 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$132,600 → $290,000 (+118.7%)	$139,900 → $171,900 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,083 (+36.4%)	$753 → $887 (+17.8%)

Lyndonville

Population

1,4111,229

Median household income

$33,550$43,693

Median home value

$132,600$290,000

Median gross rent

$794$1,083

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)

	Lyndonville	St. Johnsbury
Under 5	2.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	11.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	24.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	4.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	18.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.5%
75 and over	6.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyndonville	St. Johnsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.8%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyndonville	St. Johnsbury
No high school diploma	8.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	33.0%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyndonville	St. Johnsbury
Drove alone	47.5%	70.2%
Carpooled	28.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	14.6%
Other means	4.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyndonville	St. Johnsbury
1-unit, detached	47.9%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	26.2%	31.4%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	10.9%
20 or more units	3.1%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Lyndonville	St. Johnsbury
Poverty rate	32.3%	20.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1938	1938