Local conditions
| Homes built since 2000 | 18% |
|---|---|
| State housing target for 2030 | 1,387 |
| Homes built before 1978 | 46.1% |
| Single-family homes | 68% |
| Year-round housing | 84% |
| Probate court | Lamoille Probate Division, 154 Main Street in Hyde Park |
| Average hospital distance | 8.8 miles |
| Towns near a hospital | 10% |
How Lamoille compares next door
Lamoille County's transit feed lists 137 stops across its towns, while neighboring Essex County (covered elsewhere on this site) has none at all, and almost 18% of Lamoille's housing stock was built since 2000 — among the highest shares of any Vermont county, per the 2024 Lamoille County Housing Assessment. Nearly all of the county's 4 licensed senior-living settings sit in Morristown, the same town with the county's shortest hospital distance on record, 2 miles, while Belvidere, at the county's edge, sits 15 miles out.
Senior care in Lamoille County
Seasonal traffic and winter conditions can affect travel and scheduling even when a provider lists the county.
Meals on Wheels of Lamoille County and Lamoille Neighbors
Its annual Souper Bowl fundraiser is aimed at ending senior hunger and isolation in the county.
Lamoille Neighbors is a community nonprofit whose offerings include transportation, help with tasks, and educational and social activities such as yoga, hiking, music events and discussions; it co-sponsors talks with the Johnson Public Library and the North Branch Nature Center and organises trips such as a fall foliage tour with lunch.
The county's senior centre is the Lamoille County Senior Center in Morrisville.
Adult day in the county
Lamoille Day Health Services, also known as Out and About and located at 11 Court Street in Morrisville, was the county's adult day programme.
A local news report says its board told families it would close after 17 years of effort to keep it going, and notes that Medicare does not cover adult day programmes.
Anyone relying on adult day should check with the Adult Services Division which certified adult day providers now serve Lamoille County.
Copley Hospital in Morrisville is the county's hospital and Lamoille Home Health and Hospice, at 54 Farr Avenue in Morrisville, is its licensed home health agency (802-888-4651).
Morrisville's residential care homes and nursing home cluster along Washington Highway near the hospital.
Lunch, meals and the Hub in Lamoille County
The Lamoille County Senior Center in Morrisville serves lunch on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at noon, and on Wednesday from 11:30 to 12:30 with a choice of two meals and dessert.
Johnson's senior center serves on Tuesday and Thursday at noon.
Both ask a suggested donation from people 60 and over.
Meals on Wheels of Lamoille County works from 21 Munson Avenue in Morrisville.
It delivers Tuesday to Friday, freezes meals for weekends and holidays, and opens its Hub on Wednesdays for community meals and company.
Ordering is by phone the day before, by mid-morning.
- Morrisville: lunch Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at noon
- Johnson: lunch Tuesday and Thursday at noon
- Hub at Meals on Wheels: Wednesday community meals
- Home delivery: Tuesday to Friday, ordered the day before