Chittenden County, Vermont

• White (non-Hispanic) 145,073 85.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,852 2.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,879 2.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 7,423 4.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 7,755 4.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 133 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 30 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 613 0.4%

• Under 18 29,153 17.2%
• 18–24 25,788 15.2%
• 25–44 45,944 27.1%
• 45–64 40,159 23.7%
• 65 and over 28,714 16.9%

Median household income

$91,413

90% interval $84,651–$98,175

+$8,577 vs VT · 2nd of 14

Below poverty line

8.9%

90% interval 7.5%–10.3%

−0.4 pp vs VT · 9th of 14

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.2%

−0.4 pp vs. state

County GDP

$16.4B

35.45% of state

Avg. annual pay

$76,599

Establishments

9,602

• Education & health services 25,862 25.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 18,014 17.4%
• Professional & business services 14,169 13.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 10,280 10.0%
• Manufacturing 9,276 9.0%
• Public administration 4,954 4.8%
• Financial activities 3,918 3.8%
• Other services 3,112 3.0%
• Construction 322 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 87.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

63.9%

−9.3 pp vs VT · 14th of 14

Median gross rent

$1,646

+$412 vs VT · 1st of 14

Owner-occupied

45,679

Renter-occupied

25,777

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $122,507/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $31,652/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2,594 1.6%
• Spanish 2,475 1.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,538 0.9%
• Chinese 736 0.5%
• Vietnamese 590 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 530 0.3%
• Tagalog 376 0.2%
• Arabic 281 0.2%
• Korean 233 0.1%

Households

71,456

Family households

38,961

54.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

11,959

30.7% of families

Single-mother families

2,603

6.7% of families

Veterans

6,284

4.5% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

96.5%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

3.5%

±0.4 pp

11th of 14

With a disability

11.4%

±0.6 pp

14th of 14

Bachelor's or higher

56.8%

±1.8 pp

+13.0 pp vs VT · 1st of 14

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.3%

90% interval 3.9%–4.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

Traffic fatalities

9

6.4 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8