Chittenden County, Vermont

Chittenden County has a population of 169,758 and has grown 0.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $439,200, about 4.5 times the county's median household income of $96,759.

Home price
$439,200
Income
$96,759
Population
169,758
Unemployment
3.2%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$439,200county
Median gross rent$1,646county
Median year homes here were built1981county
Share of homes built before 198047.8%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile3.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant4.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented36.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.2%county
Typical monthly rent$2,092county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$2,140county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,651county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,745county
Home insurance / yr$1,063(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living113.6(statewide)
Median household income$96,759county
Family health premium / yr$25,901(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$18,836(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.133(statewide)
Poverty rate9.7%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home19.8%county
Unemployment rate3.2%county
Share of adults in the labor force70.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.9%county
Share of workers employed by government14.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry30.1%county
Economic output per resident$96,629county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.51%county
Top state income tax8.75%(statewide)
Capital gains tax8.75%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.43%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time21.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service0.6 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport670636county
Miles to nearest general aviation field9.1 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network2county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station2.1 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.1%county
Traffic deaths14.1county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-6.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher56.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher96.1%county
Public schools in the county47county
Public school enrollment20894county
Students per full-time teacher12.9county
Free lunch eligible33.0%county
Elementary schools28county
Middle schools11county
High schools8county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above3county
Share of local colleges that are public33.3%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians175county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter6.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance3.5%county
Frequent mental distress16.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity16.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes7.0%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population169,758county
Land area in square miles537county
People per square mile of land316.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores50county
Convenience stores20county
Share living far from a food store23.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+0.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age37.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1817.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.9%county
Share of households that are one person30.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States7.9%county
Second languages9.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls53.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents73county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-4county
Households that moved in5,031county
Households that moved away5,276county
Average income of arriving households$73,527county
Average income of departing households$75,173county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes14county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,026county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings73.3%county
Violent crime rate219(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature45.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation41.5 incounty
Annual snowfall149.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.67 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F5 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing152 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days151 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 10county
Average first fall frostOct 7county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$129county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh22.1¢county
Household electricity use558 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.60(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity15.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas54.5%county
Homes heated by propane9.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil14.2%county
Homes heated by wood4.0%county
Households with broadband93.4%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk76.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk76.6county
Hail risk16.7county
Earthquake risk76.7county
Tornado risk29.5county
Tropical cyclone risk65.9county
Extreme heat risk73.2county
Winter weather risk84.9county
Strong wind risk59.4county
Wildfire risk25.4county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Chittenden County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Vermont figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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