Groton, Vermont.
Typical home $280,142 (-0.8% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$717 (+95%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $2,333 -1%
- $282,474$280,142 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $22,067 +9%
- $258,075$280,142 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.
- Groton$1,470
- Vermont$2,057
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 42 years.
Typical home values in Groton, VT fell 0.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Groton, Caledonia County, Vermont
Groton, in Caledonia County, had 419 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Caledonia County was 2.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Caledonia 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Groton is a very small community in Caledonia County, Vermont, with a population that has stayed small enough for neighbors to know one another. Homes here are typically worth less than in much of the country, and the county's household incomes sit a little below what is common nationally. Winters are long and cold, with January the coldest month and plenty of snow, while July brings warm days and a fairly even spread of rain and melted snow through the year.
Work. People who live in Groton work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in shops, manufacturing and the building trades. Across Caledonia County, the largest workplaces include Northeastern VT Regional Hospital, Weidmann Electrical Technology and the Kingdom East Unified Union School District. Unemployment in the county is low and has eased slightly over the past year, and the typical commute is a fairly long drive for a town this size. Very few residents work from home.
Things to do. Groton State Forest is a protected area a short drive away, and Ricker Pond State Park and Stillwater State Park, both also protected areas, are close by as well. For time on the water, Harvey's Lake, a reservoir, is a short drive away, and Ticklenaked Pond, a small lake, is nearby too.
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- 29 mintypical commute
- 2%work from home
What people in Caledonia County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Caledonia County had 11,164 jobs in 2025, 0.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 25° and lows near 3°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 53°. About 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Plainfield weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Caledonia County
- Northeastern VT Regional HospitalCritical access hospital390FTE
- Weidmann Electrical TechnologyCardboard stock manufacturing352
- Kingdom East Unified Union School District #64School district282FTE
- Bear Den Operations CompanyAlpine skiing facilities with accommodations245
- Leisure HotelsFacilities support services230
- Saint Johnsbury School DistrictSchool district134FTE
- Momentum Manufacturing GroupPowder coating metals and metal products for the trade128
- GolubGrocery stores109
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 22 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,771 people in all across the county; Groton has none 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
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Groton’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Caledonia County.
Groton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Groton$280,142
- Vermont$391,900
- United States$366,157
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Groton6
Zip codes with a Groton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Groton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.