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Burlington, VT

44,649 Population
10.3 square miles 4,333.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.7 ±0.6 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Vermont: 43 ±0.2

Economics

$39,027 ±$2,471 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: $47,949 ±$1,017
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vermont: $44,365 ±$525
$68,854 ±$4,182 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: $90,911 ±$2,296
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vermont: $78,024 ±$1,357

23% ±2.5% (8,549  ±917) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 10.3% 22,197 (±0.7% / ±1,545)
  • more than double the rate in Vermont: 10.3% 63,902 (±0.4% / ±2,288)

19.2 minutes ±0.6 (384,430  ±21,200) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 23.1 2,368,735 (±0.4 / ±60,820)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Vermont: 23.4 6,579,490 (±0.1 / ±81,792)

Families

17,691 ±475 Number of households
  • the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 93,126 ±739
  • Vermont: 269,466 ±1,559
2.1 ±0.1 (36,706  ±151) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 2.3 215,822 (±0 / ±147)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vermont: 2.3 620,334

2.3% ±1.1% (374  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 4.3% † 2,427 (±0.6% / ±344)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Vermont: 4% 5,652 (±0.4% / ±530)

Housing

18,339 ±423 Number of housing units
  • the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 102,176 ±209
  • Vermont: 337,072 ±133

$400,200 ±$24,108 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: $370,400 ±$5,570
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Vermont: $290,500 ±$2,466

34.3% ±2.5% (15,180  ±1,105.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 15.7% 35,270 (±0.9% / ±2,098.9)
  • more than double the rate in Vermont: 12.2% 78,305 (±0.5% / ±2,940.1)

Social

94.4% ±3.3% (22,585  ±1,011.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 95% 147,267 (±1.7% / ±2,562.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Vermont: 94.5% 437,670 (±0.8% / ±3,850.8)
60.5% ±2.9% (14,468  ±795.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 49.1% 76,173 (±1.2% / ±1,787.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Vermont: 42.6% 197,369 (±0.6% / ±2,637.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.2% ±1.3% (3,232  ±566) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 6.7% 15,062
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,968

2.4% ±0.5% (968  ±199) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 5.4% 10,027 (±0.3% / ±561)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Vermont: 6.5% 34,076 (±0.2% / ±1,086)
968 Total veterans ±199 855 Male ±176 113 Female ±88

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