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Burlington, VT

44,675 Population
10.3 square miles 4,336.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.8 ±0.8 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.3
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Vermont: 43.1 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,192 ±$2,178 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: $49,764 ±$969
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vermont: $46,500 ±$569
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,109 ±$4,193 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: $93,043 ±$2,393
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vermont: $81,203 ±$1,339
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.5% ±2.4% (7,505  ±875) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 9.8% 21,262 (±0.7% / ±1,424)
  • about double the rate in Vermont: 10.1% 62,749 (±0.4% / ±2,532)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.7 minutes ±1.1 (368,450  ±29,877) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 22.7 2,300,125 (±0.4 / ±59,505)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Vermont: 23.5 6,490,700 (±0.2 / ±79,250)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

17,504 ±566 Number of households
  • the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 94,559 ±692
  • Vermont: 273,416 ±1,473
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (36,236  ±162) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 2.3 216,537 (±0 / ±198)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vermont: 2.3 622,189
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.1% ±1.1% (339  ±174) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 3.6% † 2,052 (±0.6% / ±315)
  • about half the rate in Vermont: 3.9% † 5,523 (±0.4% / ±563)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

18,079 ±575 Number of housing units
  • the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 103,233 ±110
  • Vermont: 339,042 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$444,800 ±$19,357 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: $401,000 ±$7,466
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Vermont: $316,600 ±$3,361
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

32.5% ±2.8% (14,386  ±1,217.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 15.5% 34,999 (±1% / ±2,218.8)
  • more than double the rate in Vermont: 11.8% 75,586 (±0.5% / ±2,905.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±3.6% (22,834  ±1,108.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 95.5% 149,652 (±1.8% / ±2,859.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Vermont: 94.9% 442,737 (±0.9% / ±4,193.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
60.5% ±3.1% (14,508  ±861.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 50.2% 78,640 (±1.3% / ±2,086.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Vermont: 43.8% 204,241 (±0.6% / ±2,829)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.1% ±1.5% (3,165  ±670) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 6.5% 14,738
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,669
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.1% ±0.5% (814  ±184) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 5.1% 9,427 (±0.4% / ±664)
  • about one-third of the rate in Vermont: 6.2% 32,714 (±0.2% / ±1,174)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
814 Total veterans ±184 723 Male ±157 91 Female ±72

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