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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Lyndon has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Lyndon has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lyndon than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lyndon may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Lyndon doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Lyndon who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.87% of adults in Lyndon 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.
