Castleton, Vermont.
Typical home $332,646 (+4.5% in a year). Rutland, VT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$974 (+126%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $14,465 +5%
- $318,181$332,646 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $67,108 +25%
- $265,538$332,646 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Castleton$1,746
- Vermont$2,057
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Castleton, VT rose 4.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont
Castleton, in Rutland County, had 1,337 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Rutland County was 2.8% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most people in Rutland County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Castleton is a small community in Rutland County, Vermont, and a very young one: the median age is far below what most towns see, which fits a place where a college sits at the center of daily life. Winters are cold and long, with January the coldest month and plenty of snow, while summers stay warm without turning hot. Typical home values are well above what the county's incomes might suggest, so buyers should look closely at what they can afford.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, manufacturing, and professional and business services. A small share work from home. Across Rutland County, the largest workplaces include Rutland Regional Medical Center, Integrated Manufacturing Rutland and the Rutland City School District. Unemployment in the county is low and unchanged from a year ago, and the number of jobs has held steady.
Things to do. Lake Bomoseen and Bomoseen State Park are both a short drive away, offering a lake and protected shoreland for walking, swimming and time outdoors. Wilson Castle, a museum, is also a short drive from town. For a longer outing, Lake George is a bigger lake reached by a longer drive.
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- 4%work from home
What people in Rutland County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Rutland County had 25,317 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 29° and lows near 8°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 56°. About 75 inches of snow and 40 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Rutland weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Rutland County
- Rutland Regional Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,306FTE
- Integrated Manufacturing Rutland1,221
- PowdrAlpine skiing facilities with accommodations858
- Rutland City School DistrictSchool district353FTE
- Slate Valley Unified Union School District #62School district232FTE
- BAYADA Home Health CareHome health care224
- Casella ConstructionBackfilling, construction210
- VelcoElec bulk pwr trans and control200
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 49 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 7,962 people in all across the county; Castleton has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Castleton’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Rutland County and the Rutland, VT metro.
Castleton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Castleton$332,646
- Vermont$391,900
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Castleton listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Castleton18.02%
- United States26.36%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Castleton23
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Castleton8
Zip codes with a Castleton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Castleton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Castleton
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05735 | Castleton | 3,651 | — | $311,845 |
| 05732 | Bomoseen | 1,187 | — | $361,316 |