Metro area · Vermont

Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area

Burlington-South Burlington, VT is a metropolitan area of 3 counties in Vermont, home to 227,803 residents. Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area has a quality-of-life score of 95 out of 100 (very high), ranking #49 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Vermont it ranks #2 of 5. It ranks best on poor or fair health (low), primary care physicians (high) and physical inactivity (low). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), comfortable days (low) and property crime rate (high).

95Very high
Quality-of-life score
#49 of 925 metro and micro areas
Vermont
#2 of 5 in VT
Population
227,803 (2025)
Land area
1,250 mi²
Density
182.3 /mi²
CBSA code
15540

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 68 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety62#353/924
  • Economy95#47/925
  • Housing19#746/925
  • Health92#79/925
  • Healthcare99#10/923
  • Environment74#243/917
  • Education98#20/925
  • Infrastructure98#15/925
  • Community79#191/925
  • Leisure & amenities94#53/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Metro and micro areas like Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Burlington-South Burlington, VT

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Chittenden CountyCentral county95169,115
  2. Franklin CountyOutlying county7751,177
  3. Grand Isle CountyOutlying county867,511

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. BurlingtonPrincipal city44,675
  2. South BurlingtonPrincipal city20,756

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Burlington44,675
  2. South Burlington20,756
  3. Essex Junction10,803
  4. Winooski8,293
  5. St. Albans6,954
  6. Shelburne6,499
  7. Milton3,555
  8. Swanton2,670
  9. Richford1,573
  10. Enosburg Falls1,570
  11. Jericho1,346
  12. Fairfax1,099
  13. Richmond753
  14. Hinesburg733
  15. Huntington516
  16. Alburgh486
  17. Underhill Flats434
  18. St. George411
  19. Highgate Center401
  20. Bakersfield340
  21. Bolton Valley252
  22. Jericho Center241
  23. South Hero219
  24. West Charlotte208

Other metro and micro areas in Vermont

Areas based in Vermont, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

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