Living in St. Johnsbury, VT

Caledonia County

St. Johnsbury is the real, current largest town in and commercial/service hub of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, with a real, current town-level population of approximately 7,368 (2024). The town is real, current home to two genuinely distinctive local institutions: the Fairbanks Scale Company, a historic 1830-founded manufacturer that once employed roughly 1,000 workers and remains active today at a much-reduced but real, current scale (~175 employees); and St. Johnsbury Academy, a real, historic, nationally regarded independent school (Niche's 2026 #10 private-high-school ranking in Vermont) that also functions as the effective public high school for St. Johnsbury and more than a dozen surrounding towns under Vermont's real, distinctive town-tuitioning system -- this record discloses that dual identity accurately. Housing runs genuinely, substantially below both the national figure and Vermont's own statewide figures (a median sale price near $227,000), though St. Johnsbury's own median household income runs correspondingly below the Vermont statewide median. St. Johnsbury's crime data, per NeighborhoodScout, runs genuinely unfavorable relative to the rest of Vermont, a real, disclosed concern this record does not omit. Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, a 75-bed critical-access hospital undergoing an active expansion, anchors healthcare access for the whole southern Northeast Kingdom from within St. Johnsbury itself.

Explore St. Johnsbury in depth

• Moving to St. Johnsbury: Pros, Cons & What to Know
• Cost of Living in St. Johnsbury
• Housing Market in St. Johnsbury
• Buying a Home in St. Johnsbury
• Renting in St. Johnsbury
• Taxes in St. Johnsbury
• Homeowners Insurance & Natural Hazard Costs in St. Johnsbury
• Climate & Weather in St. Johnsbury
• Jobs & Economy in St. Johnsbury
• Schools in St. Johnsbury
• Crime & Safety in St. Johnsbury
• Healthcare in St. Johnsbury
• Traffic & Transportation in St. Johnsbury
• Best Areas to Live in St. Johnsbury
• Pros and Cons of Living in St. Johnsbury
• Retiring in St. Johnsbury
• Who Should / Shouldn’t Move to St. Johnsbury

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Who this fits

Best for: Best fits movers prioritizing genuine housing affordability, small-town Northeast Kingdom character, and direct local access to hospital-level healthcare, including first-time homebuyers drawn to St. Johnsbury's real, substantial price advantage over the rest of Vermont.

Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for movers who need the lowest available Vermont crime profile (St. Johnsbury's own cited rate runs higher than 89% of the state's cities and towns) or who need full confidence in a precisely confirmed property tax rate before committing -- this record's own research flagged a real, unresolved sourcing gap on that specific figure that should be independently verified with the town Treasurer's office.