Jury Pool Profile

Chittenden County, Vermont

Democratic +54 (2024)

Population: 168,831
Median household income: $94,310
Unemployment: 2.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 147,173 87.2%
Black or African American alone 4,346 2.6%
Asian alone 6,545 3.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 219 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 58 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,231 0.7%
Two or more races 9,259 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,773 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37

Under 18 29,424 17.4%
18–24 25,717 15.2%
25–44 45,509 27.0%
45–64 40,623 24.1%
65 and over 27,558 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.2%; -0.43 pp vs. state
County GDP: $16.4B; 35.45% of state
Avg. annual pay: $73,186
Establishments: 9,418

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 25,606 24.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 18,411 17.8%
Professional & business services 14,901 14.4%
Leisure & hospitality 10,494 10.2%
Manufacturing 8,777 8.5%
Construction 5,601 5.4%
Public administration 4,423 4.3%
Financial activities 3,980 3.9%
Other services 3,104 3.0%
Information 2,329 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 351 0.3%
Unclassified 8 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.6%
Median gross rent: $1,590
Owner-occupied: 44,771
Renter-occupied: 25,672

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 96,405 votes cast

Democratic 72,656 75.4%
Republican 20,937 21.7%
Other / third-party 2,812 2.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.9% speak only English at home

Other Indo-European 3,354 2.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 2,772 1.7%
Spanish 2,082 1.3%
Slavic languages 1,839 1.1%
Other 1,223 0.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,080 0.7%
Chinese 838 0.5%
German 413 0.3%
Vietnamese 364 0.2%
Arabic 279 0.2%
Tagalog 259 0.2%
Korean 120 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 70,443
Family households: 39,298; 55.8% of households
Married w/ children: 31,283
Single-mother households: 2,591
Veterans: 6,762; 4.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 51,191 30.4%
Evangelical Protestant 20,704 12.3%
Mainline Protestant 8,927 5.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,477 5.0%
Orthodox 300 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.7%
With a disability: 11.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 55.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Chittenden County Superior Court
Judges: 9 (Vermont Superior Court Judge — approximate primary/resident assignment per county unit (Civil + Criminal Division combined). VT has ~33 Judges statewide who rotate assignments among the 14 county units under a unified bench (4 V.S.A. § 30), so any given trial day's working bench may differ from this count. Vintage 2026 vermontjudiciary.org roster.)
Court seats: Burlington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Vermont statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 5.74 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023