Burlington, VT
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Burlington, VT: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 42,705. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet BURLINGTON-VT · Burlington, VT 3 ZIPs · 42,705 pop · #9133/25278 · Chittenden County
INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-HIGH
- INC-HIGH $80,338
- RANK-UPPER #9133/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Winooski
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 68% owners
- POP-SMALL 42,705
- SPREAD-MOD 05401→05408
- HOME-HIGH $446,350
Nearest income peer: Winooski, VT ( $816 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Burlington
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Burlington on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Winooski · lowest
Winooski · lowest
$79,522 median HH income
- Burlington · this city
Burlington · this city
$80,338 median HH income
- Underhill · near
Underhill · near
$92,352 median HH income
- Colchester · near
Colchester · near
$97,475 median HH income
- Essex Junction · near
Essex Junction · near
$101,349 median HH income
- Charlotte · highest
Charlotte · highest
$144,375 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Burlington, VT sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 36%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 42,705
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $80,338
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Above-median income on a short ZIP list (3) - lead code 05401 (28,185 residents). Household income $80,338 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (68.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Burlington as a pure owner town.
Within Vermont, Castleton is the closest lower-income city and West Townshend the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Burlington.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Burlington differ
The most material local contrast is hardship rather than the city-wide income average. Poverty is 7.7% in ZIP 05408 and 100.0% in 05405. That spread is why the ZIP detail pages are more useful than a single city figure for comparing household conditions.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.4×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.2×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 92.3 points
05401 to 05408
05408 to 05401
05408 to 05405
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 05401 skews compact Burlington
In this 3-ZIP cluster, 05401 covers about 66% of Burlington's 42,705 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Burlington
Citywide ZBP: 1,418 establishments, 27,203 employees , annual payroll $1,953,011k (~33 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 05401 (1,283 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (233) · also Health care and social assistance · Retail trade .
ZIP Codes in Burlington, VT
These ZIP codes sit in Chittenden County, which covers 18 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Burlington. See the Chittenden County roll-up →
Every one of the 12 cities sharing Chittenden County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Burlington, Essex Junction, South Burlington and Colchester among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Charlotte marks the far end of that range at $144,375, 80% above Burlington.
Side-by-side: Compare 05401 vs 05408 →
Burlington roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Burlington, .