Census Reporter

Burlington, VT

42,645 Population
10.3 square miles 4,136 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.1 ±0.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Vermont: 42.8 ±0.2

Economics

$30,855 ±$1,863 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: $38,701 ±$797
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vermont: $35,854 ±$445
$55,461 ±$3,991 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: $73,447 ±$2,320
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vermont: $63,477 ±$710

25% ±2.5% (8,947  ±900) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 10.8% 22,542 (±0.7% / ±1,432)
  • more than double the rate in Vermont: 10.8% 64,700 (±0.4% / ±2,292)

18.8 minutes ±0.5 (392,735  ±20,286) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 22.8 2,469,320 (±0.3 / ±53,621)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Vermont: 23.3 6,832,390 (±0.3 / ±97,418)

Families

16,189 ±562 Number of households
  • the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 88,499 ±694
  • Vermont: 262,852 ±1,220
2.2 ±0.1 (35,419  ±507) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 2.4 209,515 (±0 / ±574)
  • a little less than the figure in Vermont: 2.3 598,864 (±0)

2.4% ±1.2% (346  ±168) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 3.9% † 2,150 (±0.6% / ±344)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Vermont: 4.1% † 5,711 (±0.4% / ±568)

Housing

16,853 ±543 Number of housing units
  • the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 98,488 ±278
  • Vermont: 337,214 ±159

$312,200 ±$19,084 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: $285,200 ±$4,609
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Vermont: $230,900 ±$2,056

35.7% ±2.5% (15,107  ±1,077.3) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 17.6% 38,339 (±1% / ±2,097.1)
  • more than double the rate in Vermont: 13.3% 82,433 (±0.5% / ±2,758.4)

Social

92.2% ±2.9% (20,928  ±944.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 93.9% 139,106 (±1.7% / ±2,564.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Vermont: 93.5% 413,332 (±0.9% / ±3,894.1)
54% ±2.4% (12,258  ±673.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 46.2% 68,376 (±1.2% / ±1,767.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Vermont: 39.7% 175,328 (±0.6% / ±2,487.9)

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

10.7% ±1.8% (4,545  ±746) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 7.2% 15,843 (±0.5% / ±1,038)
  • more than double the rate in Vermont: 4.6% 28,468 (±0.2% / ±1,267)

3.2% ±0.6% (1,186  ±229) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 5.9% 10,478 (±0.4% / ±643)
  • about half the rate in Vermont: 6.9% 34,915 (±0.2% / ±1,094)
1,186 Total veterans ±229 1,055 Male ±217 131 Female ±71

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