Caledonia County vs Grand Isle County

A side-by-side comparison of Caledonia County and Grand Isle County: population, income, housing, and more.

Caledonia County and Grand Isle County are counties in Vermont. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Caledonia County has the higher population (30,425 vs 7,393 in Grand Isle County). Grand Isle County has the higher median household income ($90,625 vs $66,075 in Caledonia County). Grand Isle County has the higher median home value ($363,500 vs $215,900 in Caledonia County).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia County	Grand Isle County
Population	30,425	7,393
Median age	45.6 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,075	$90,625
Median home value	$215,900	$363,500
Median gross rent	$904	$1,436
Housing units	16,084	5,301
Homeownership rate	78.2%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia County	Grand Isle County
Population	30,234 → 30,425 (+0.6%)	7,022 → 7,393 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$50,563 → $66,075 (+30.7%)	$71,587 → $90,625 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$169,500 → $215,900 (+27.4%)	$274,800 → $363,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $904 (+14.4%)	$997 → $1,436 (+44.0%)

Caledonia County

Population

30,23430,425

Median household income

$50,563$66,075

Median home value

$169,500$215,900

Median gross rent

$790$904

Grand Isle County

Population

7,0227,393

Median household income

$71,587$90,625

Median home value

$274,800$363,500

Median gross rent

$997$1,436

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia County	Grand Isle County
Under 5	4.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	19.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	15.4%
75 and over	8.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia County	Grand Isle County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.8%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia County	Grand Isle County
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	34.1%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia County	Grand Isle County
Drove alone	71.5%	75.1%
Carpooled	8.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.5%
Walked	3.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.4%	16.2%
Other means	1.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia County	Grand Isle County
1-unit, detached	74.5%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia County	Grand Isle County
Poverty rate	12.6%	7.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1972	1982