Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupGrand Isle CountyVermontUnited States
English18.5%19.1%9.5%
Irish16.3%16.8%9.4%
French12.8%8.6%1.6%
American9.2%7.0%5.3%
French Canadian8.6%6.2%—
German8.5%10.7%12.5%
Italian5.9%7.4%4.8%
Scottish4.7%3.0%1.3%
Spanish0.6%0.2%—
Mexican0.4%0.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Grand Isle County
Vermont
United States
Median age
48.9
43.4
39.1
Age 18–24
5.9%
10.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.6%
21.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Grand Isle County
Vermont
United States
Median household income
$97,396
$81,203
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.9%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
44.0%
44.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Grand Isle County
Vermont
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.2%
5.5%
22.3%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.5%
1.2%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Grand Isle County
Vermont
United States
Catholic
32.9%
20.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
7.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
62.1%
62.4%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.0%
5.6%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Grand Isle County, Vermont
Precinct data
Results by precinct
5 precincts · 5,001 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Grand Isle County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -013-Grand Isle013-Grand Isle
1,619
815
84
2,518
64.3%
32.4%
D+31.9
Precinct -013-Alburgh013-Alburgh
945
818
63
1,826
51.8%
44.8%
D+7.0
Precinct -013-Isle La Motte013-Isle La Motte
376
259
22
657
57.2%
39.4%
D+17.8
Precinct -013-North Hero013-North Hero
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Precinct -013-South Hero013-South Hero
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−31.9%
1896
−43.4%
1900
−40.6%
1904
−50.2%
1908
−31.1%
1912
+2.7%
1916
+3.2%
1920
−44.3%
1924
−39.2%
1928
−1.8%
1932
+11.0%
1936
+8.9%
1940
+16.4%
1944
+9.1%
1948
+6.3%
1952
−18.8%
1956
−23.6%
1960
+1.3%
1964
+32.6%
1968
−1.5%
1972
−25.6%
1976
−7.2%
1980
+2.3%
1984
−21.8%
1988
+1.9%
1992
+12.8%
1996
+19.6%
2000
+7.8%
2004
+12.1%
2008
+28.2%
2012
+26.0%
2016
+14.8%
2020
+22.6%
2024
+20.9%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
58.8%Harris2,940
37.9%Trump1,893
1.6%Kennedy79 +6
D+20.9
R+1.6
D+22.4
5,001
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic58.8%2,940
Donald J TrumpRepublican37.9%1,893
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.6%79
OtherAll other candidates0.6%31
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%25
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.3%15
Cornel WestIndependent0.2%11
Rachele FruitIndependent0.1%4
SpoiledIndependent0.1%3
D
59.9%Biden2,905
37.3%Trump1,810
0.9%OTH42
D+22.6
D+7.8
D+18.1
4,851
D
51.0%Clinton2,094
36.2%Trump1,487
7.0%SAN289
D+14.8
R+11.2
D+12.7
4,109
D
62.1%Obama2,531
36.1%Romney1,471
0.9%Johnson37
D+26.0
R+2.2
D+22.2
4,075
D
63.1%Obama2,694
34.9%McCain1,490
2.0%
D+28.2
D+16.1
D+20.9
4,269
D
55.1%Kerry2,246
43.0%Bush1,754
1.9%
D+12.1
D+4.2
D+14.5
4,077
D
50.4%Gore1,835
42.6%Bush1,550
4.8%Nader174
D+7.8
R+11.8
D+7.3
3,638
D
51.1%Clinton1,555
31.5%Dole958
14.5%Perot441
D+19.6
D+6.8
D+11.1
3,041
D
42.7%Clinton1,444
29.9%Bush1,012
26.4%Perot893
D+12.8
D+10.8
D+7.2
3,379
D
50.2%Dukakis1,369
48.2%Bush1,316
1.6%
D+1.9
D+23.8
D+9.7
2,728
R
38.4%Mondale980
60.3%Reagan1,537
1.3%
R+21.8
R+24.2
R+3.6
2,550
D
44.6%Carter999
42.3%Reagan947
13.1%
D+2.3
D+9.6
D+12.1
2,240
R
45.4%Carter866
52.6%Ford1,004
2.0%
R+7.2
D+18.3
R+9.3
1,909
R
36.8%McGovern743
62.4%Nixon1,259
0.8%
R+25.6
R+24.0
R+2.4
2,018
R
46.8%Humphrey730
48.4%Nixon754
4.8%
R+1.5
R+34.1
R+0.8
1,559
D
66.3%Johnson996
33.7%Goldwater506
0.1%
D+32.6
D+31.3
D+10.0
1,503
D
50.6%Kennedy819
49.4%Nixon798
0.0%
D+1.3
D+24.9
D+1.1
1,617
R
38.2%Stevenson604
61.8%Eisenhower978
0.0%
R+23.6
R+4.8
R+8.2
1,582
R
40.3%Stevenson665
59.2%Eisenhower976
0.5%
R+18.8
R+25.1
R+8.1
1,650
D
52.6%Truman822
46.3%Dewey724
1.1%
D+6.3
R+2.9
D+1.8
1,563
D
54.6%Roosevelt801
45.4%Dewey667
0.0%
D+9.1
R+7.3
D+1.6
1,468
D
58.1%Roosevelt998
41.7%Willkie716
0.3%
D+16.4
D+7.5
D+6.5
1,719
D
54.3%Roosevelt852
45.4%Landon712
0.3%
D+8.9
R+2.0
R+15.3
1,568
D
54.9%Roosevelt811
43.9%Hoover649
1.2%
D+11.0
D+12.7
R+6.8
1,477
R
48.8%Smith801
50.5%Hoover830
0.7%
R+1.8
D+37.5
D+15.7
1,642
R
26.0%Davis343
65.2%Coolidge861
8.0%La Follette106
R+39.2
D+5.0
R+14.1
1,320
R
27.3%Cox354
71.6%Harding928
1.1%
R+44.3
R+47.5
R+18.1
1,296
D
51.4%Wilson434
48.2%Hughes407
0.5%
D+3.2
D+0.5
D+0.1
845
O
33.8%Wilson210
31.0%Taft193
35.2%
Roosevelt +1.4
D+33.8
R+16.8
622
R
33.2%Bryan188
64.3%Taft364
2.5%
R+31.1
D+19.1
R+21.5
566
R
23.4%Parker109
73.6%Roosevelt343
3.0%
R+50.2
R+9.6
R+30.5
466
R
28.2%Bryan146
68.9%McKinley356
2.9%
R+40.6
D+2.8
R+33.1
517
R
25.6%Bryan158
69.0%McKinley426
5.3%
R+43.4
R+11.5
R+37.4
617
R
32.8%Cleveland177
64.7%Harrison349
2.4%
R+31.9
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R+33.6
539
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Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
O
0.0%0
37.9%1,910
5,038
2022
D
63.9%2,533
33.8%1,341
3,967
2018
O
0.0%0
33.4%1,229
3,685
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Grand Isle County, VT
Year
Total registered
2016
5,749
2018
5,731
2020
5,777
2022
6,229
2024
6,326
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+23 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +585 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $75,547 in average income, against $99,695 for residents who stayed — 24% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+33.6 on average — 13 points more Democratic-leaning than Grand Isle County, VT itself (D+20.9).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Chittenden County, VT105D+53.1
Franklin County, VT67D+3.0
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Chittenden County, VT102
Franklin County, VT48
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Grand Isle County, VT in Grand Isle County, VT: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+7
2012
+4
2013
+9
2014
−14
2015
−99
2016
+57
2017
+65
2018
+118
2019
+114
2021
+162
2022
+94
2023
+13
2024
+32
2025
+23
Grand Isle's chain of lake islands gives it a distinct geography among Vermont's 14 counties, and its roughly 6,900 residents backed the Democratic presidential nominee by about 21 points in 2024, broadly in line with statewide trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.6 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 50.2 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.9 points.
A population of 7,450, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $97,396 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bennington County and Washington County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Grand Isle County, Vermont voted Democratic by 20.9 points (D+20.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 5,001 votes cast, 2,940 went Democratic and 1,893 went Republican.
When did Grand Isle County, Vermont last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Grand Isle County, Vermont voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Grand Isle County, Vermont?
Grand Isle County, Vermont has a population of 7,450 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Grand Isle County, Vermont?
Median household income in Grand Isle County, Vermont is $97,396 — above the national median of $80,734. The Vermont state median is $81,203.
What is the political history of Grand Isle County, Vermont?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Grand Isle County, Vermont from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
