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Burlington city, Vermont: commercial real estate data.
Burlington city is a Census city of 44,675 people across 10.30 square miles of land, in Chittenden County. Median household income is $71,109, 41.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 62 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $22.8 m.
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Burlington
What Burlington is
- Census place typecity
- Land area10.3 sq mi
- Water area5.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,336
- County holding the largest share of its areaChittenden County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Burlington
How many people live in Burlington
- Population44,675
- Median age26.8
- Population under 184,938
- Share under 1811.1 percent
- Population 65 and over5,421
- Share 65 and over12.1 percent
- Households17,504
- Family households6,309
- Share of households that are families36.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Burlington
Income and work in Burlington
- Median household income$71,109
- Per capita income$40,192
- Civilian labor force26,390
- Employed25,255
- Unemployed1,135 plus or minus 251
- Unemployment rate4.3 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Adults 25 and over23,993
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher60.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree28.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Burlington
Housing in Burlington
- Housing units18,079
- Occupied units17,504
- Vacant units575 plus or minus 228
- Vacancy rate3.2 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Owner occupied7,267
- Renter occupied10,237
- Ownership rate41.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$444,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,649
- Annual rent as a share of median income27.8 percent
- Single family units7,295
- Share single family40.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more10,625
- Share in buildings of two or more58.8 percent
- Mobile homes159 plus or minus 113
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Burlington
How Burlington gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute19,738
- Commuting under 15 minutes8,842
- Share commuting under 15 minutes44.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,482
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more17.6 percent
- Drove alone45.6 percent
- Carpooled7.7 percent
- Public transport5.3 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Walked17.0 percent
- Worked from home19.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Burlington
SBA 7(a) lending to Burlington borrowers
- Approvals62
- Gross approval$22,833,800
- Average approval$368,287
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,055,300
- Largest approval$3,523,000
- Jobs supported688
- Jobs per approval11.1
- Loans with a final outcome20
- Paid in full19
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans5.0 percent
- Median term118 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more1.6 percent
- Share to franchises6.5 percent
- Distinct lenders20
- Distinct industries by NAICS36
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Burlington
SBA 504 lending to Burlington borrowers
- Approvals16
- Gross approval$8,150,000
- Average approval$509,375
- Median approval$323,000
- Largest approval$2,034,000
- Jobs supported79
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Chittenden County, not Burlington
Chittenden County context, not Burlington figures
These are Chittenden County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Burlington measurements.
- Establishments in Chittenden County5,665
- Employment at those establishments, Chittenden County88,131
- Covered employment, Chittenden County103,301
- Average annual pay, Chittenden County$73,186
- Average weekly wage, Chittenden County$1,407
- Housing units permitted, Chittenden County880
- Of those, single family, Chittenden County282
- County product, 2024, Chittenden County$16,403,520,000
- County product change over the prior year, Chittenden County5.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Chittenden County$88,404
Every figure in this section is published for Chittenden County as a whole and is not a measurement of Burlington. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Burlington questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Burlington, Vermont?
44,675, in 17,504 households. Burlington city covers 10.30 square miles of land, which is 4,336 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Burlington in?
Chittenden County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Burlington?
$71,109. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $444,800. Median gross rent is $1,649 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Burlington businesses?
62 7(a) approvals totalling $22.8 m, across 20 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 16 504 approvals worth $8.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Burlington, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Burlington borrowers get paid back?
Of the 20 loans that have reached a final outcome, 19 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 5.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Burlington figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Chittenden County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Burlington.
Is zoning published for Burlington?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.