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South Burlington, VT

20,756 Population
16.4 square miles 1,263 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vermont: 43.1 ±0.2

Economics

$59,566 ±$4,716 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: $49,764 ±$969
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Vermont: $46,500 ±$569
$106,667 ±$12,797 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: $93,043 ±$2,393
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Vermont: $81,203 ±$1,339

7.2% ±2.3% (1,473  ±464) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 9.8% 21,262 (±0.7% / ±1,424)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vermont: 10.1% 62,749 (±0.4% / ±2,532)

17.8 minutes ±1.2 (168,440  ±16,205) 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 three-quarters of the figure in Vermont: 23.5 6,490,700 (±0.2 / ±79,250)

Families

9,466 ±412 Number of households
  • the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 94,559 ±692
  • Vermont: 273,416 ±1,473
2.2 ±0.1 (20,412  ±107) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 2.3 216,537 (±0 / ±198)
  • a little less than the figure in Vermont: 2.3 622,189

2.9% ±1.9% (142  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 3.6% † 2,052 (±0.6% / ±315)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vermont: 3.9% † 5,523 (±0.4% / ±563)

Housing

9,673 ±420 Number of housing units
  • the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 103,233 ±110
  • Vermont: 339,042 ±187

$443,400 ±$18,509 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

16.1% ±3.5% (3,311  ±717.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 15.5% 34,999 (±1% / ±2,218.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Vermont: 11.8% 75,586 (±0.5% / ±2,905.6)

Social

98.3% ±4.6% (14,921  ±889.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 95.5% 149,652 (±1.8% / ±2,859.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Vermont: 94.9% 442,737 (±0.9% / ±4,193.9)
67.6% ±3.9% (10,259  ±704) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 50.2% 78,640 (±1.3% / ±2,086.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Vermont: 43.8% 204,241 (±0.6% / ±2,829)

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

12.7% ±2.4% (2,640  ±505) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 6.5% 14,738
  • more than double the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,669

4.6% ±1.4% (768  ±231) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area: 5.1% 9,427 (±0.4% / ±664)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vermont: 6.2% 32,714 (±0.2% / ±1,174)
768 Total veterans ±231 620 Male ±205 148 Female ±100

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