City safety & data profile
South BurlingtonVT
South Burlington, VT is a 19K-resident city in Chittenden County with a median household income of $106,667.
Chittenden County, Vermont. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for South Burlington, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. South Burlington has a population larger than 40% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $443,400.
Data updated 2026-09-05
- 19K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 41%
- By size
- $106,667
- Median income (place)
- $443,400
- Median home (place)
- 7.2%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on South Burlington
South Burlington posts a median household income higher than 74% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.
- Top 26%
- by median income, US cities
Where South Burlington income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$106,667 Top 26% higher than 74% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
The quick read
Reading South Burlington, VT beyond the headline numbers
South Burlington sits inside Chittenden County, Vermont, at roughly 44.47°N, -73.17°W. Population 18,791, $106,667 median household income. Median home value $443,400, median rent $1,787. Poverty rate 7.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
At 7.2%, poverty in South Burlington, VT runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
A median home in South Burlington runs about 4.2 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
19.6% of South Burlington workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.
Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 24.5% in South Burlington, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for South Burlington from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Chittenden County): South Burlington's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 7.2% -42% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 3.9% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 67.6% |
| Work From Home | 19.6% |
| Public Transit | 1.1% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
What alerts and safety updates affect South Burlington?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for South Burlington right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet VT-SOUTH-BURLINGTON · South Burlington
South Burlington: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to South Burlington; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Vermont state hubs · Methodology
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for South Burlington, both outside Vermont so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside VT (7.2% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside VT ($106,667 here).
Compare South Burlington with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using South Burlington's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the South Burlington area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare South Burlington against Vermont peers on any ranking lens. Explore Vermont
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Chittenden County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.