Because there are quite a few people attending college in Lyndon, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Lyndon provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Lyndon has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lyndon a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Lyndon is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Lyndon is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.87% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Lyndon in 2022 was $32,974, which is low income relative to Vermont, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,896 for a family of four. However, Lyndon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Lyndon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lyndon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lyndon include English, Irish, French, French Canadian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Lyndon is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
