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Chittenden County / Burlington, VT

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Chittenden County is Vermont's most populous, holding Burlington, the eastern shore of Lake Champlain and about 169,000 people. At the Shelburne Museum a 220-foot lake steamboat sits on dry land beside a lighthouse, a jail and a covered bridge, all moved there from around New England.

Primary Care Physicians: 17.5¹: 17.5 primary care physicians per 10,000 residents, a rate only 23 counties beat. The teaching hospital is in Burlington. >99% of 3,025 counties
Bike Score: 81: A Bike Score of 81 in the city of Burlington, ahead of all but 25 of the counties that have one. The path north runs three miles out into Lake Champlain. >98% of 2,726 counties
Skiing: 0h 26m: The nearest ski area is 26 minutes away, a shorter drive than in 92% of counties. Bolton Valley is inside the county line, off I-89. <92% of 2,857 counties
Farmers Markets: 14: 14 farmers markets in the county, and only 81 counties have more. A shopper paying with a SNAP card in Burlington has that spending matched dollar for dollar. >97% of 3,143 counties
The trade-off — Median Home Price: $501K⁴: The median home is $501K against a typical household income of $87K, close to six times pay. Income here beats 92% of counties; the house price beats 94%. >94% of 3,143 counties

Chittenden County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 168,323. The county seat is Vermont's most populous municipality, the city of Burlington.

Demographics and county data

Each comparison is against the US counties that publish the same measurement. Measurements where too many counties share a single value to be ranked show no comparison at all.

Abortion Regulation: Legal (Unlimited)
ACT/SAT Scores: #18
Air Quality: 5.5¹
Alcohol Regulation: #4
All Occupations: $81K¹
American Indians/Alaskan Natives: ↓-1.7%
Amish, Mennonites, etc: ↓-2.4%⁷
Any Airport: 0h 18m
Any Natural Disaster: Very Low³
Architecture & Engineering: $82K¹⁰
Art Museums: 2
Arts, Design, Sports, Media & Entertainment: $65K¹⁰
Asian Americans: ↑2.4%
Asian Language Speakers: ↑0.9%
Avalanche: none³
Average School Rating: 76.5⁶
Beergardens & Brewpubs: 13
Bike Score: 81
Blacks/African Americans: ↓-6.3%
Boating: 109
Broadband Internet: 85%
Buddhists: ↑0.1%⁷
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance: $39K¹⁰
Business & Financial Operations: $79K¹⁰
Cannabis Regulation: Legal
Cat Friendly Rentals: 49%
Catholics: ↑10.5%⁷
City Population: 45K
Climate Change Risk: 2.3
Coastal Flooding: none³
Cold Wave: Low³
Community & Social Service: $53K¹⁰
Commute Time: 23
Computer & Mathematical: $88K¹⁰
Construction & Extraction: $52K¹⁰
County Population: 169K
Cuisine Diversity: 29
Cycling: 9
Dentists: 9.8
Dog Friendly Rentals: 44%
Drought: none³
Earthquakes: Low³
Education, Training, & Library: $61K¹⁰
Educational Attainment: 37%
Elevation: 755'⁸
English Speakers: ↓-0.1%
Farmers Markets: 14
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry: $44K¹⁰
Fatal Dog Attacks: 0
Fatal Wildlife Attacks: 0
Financial Relocation Incentives: $7,500
Fire Ants: none
Fishing: 30
Food Preparation & Serving Related: $38K¹⁰
Forests: 52%
Freshwater Access: 139
Gluten-Free Options: 3
Golf: 25
Gun Open Carry Regulation: Legal (Unrestricted)
Hail: Very Low³
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical: $94K¹⁰
Healthcare Support: $37K¹⁰
Heat Wave: none³
High School Graduation Rate: 87%¹
Hiking: 101
Hindus: ↑0.0%⁷
Hispanics/Latinos: ↓-7.2%
History Museums: 2
Home Ownership Rate: 62%
Homelessness: 416
Homicide Rate: 2¹
Hospitals: 1
Hurricanes: Very Low³
Ice Storms: Low³
Indo-European Language Speakers: ↑4.4%
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair: $55K¹⁰
Investment Potential: 92 / 100
Jehovah's Witnesses: ↓-0.7%⁷
Jews: ↑0.3%⁷
Landslide: Very Low³
LDS / Mormons: ↓-1.7%⁷
Legal: $88K¹⁰
Life Expectancy: 82¹
Life, Physical, & Social Science: $73K¹⁰
Lightning: Very Low³
Live Music: 21
Major Airport: 3h 13m
Major City Proximity: 4h 13m
Major League Baseball: 4h 12m
Major League Soccer: 2h 03m
Management: $105K¹⁰
Median Age: 37 years¹¹
Median Home Price: $501K
Median Rental - 1 BR Apartment: $951
Median Rental - 2 BR Apartment: $1,142
Median Rental - 3 BR Apartment: $1,538
Median Rental - 4 BR Apartment: $1,632
Median Rental - Room: $915
Median Rental - Single Family Home: $2,344⁴
Median Rental - Studio Apartment: $947
Mental Health Providers: 65.4
Meth Labs: 0
Michelin Rated Restaurants: none
Minor League Baseball: 3h 56m
Mountains: 4,209'⁸
Multiracials: ↑0.6%
Muslims: ↓-0.0%⁷
National Parks: 7h 07m
Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders: ↓-0.1%
NBA Basketball: 4h 07m
NFL Football: 4h 35m
NHL Hockey: 1h 53m
Not Religious / Atheists / Agnostics: ↑22.0%
Nuclear Strike: Direct Target
Obesity Rate: 22%¹
Office & Administrative Support: $46K¹⁰
Orthodox Christians: ↓-0.1%⁷
Other Language Speakers: ↑0.5%
Other Relocation Incentives: none
Park Score: 94%⁹
People 0-9 Years Old: ↓-2.5%
People 10-19 Years Old: ↑0.7%
People 20-29 Years Old: ↑6.5%
People 30-39 Years Old: ↑0.6%
People 40-49 Years Old: ↑0.2%
People 50-59 Years Old: ↓-0.4%
People 60-69 Years Old: ↓-2.1%
People 70-79 Years Old: ↓-2.1%
People 80+ Years Old: ↓-0.8%
Performing Arts: 1
Personal Care & Service: $40K¹⁰
Political Orientation: 59% Dems
Population Density: 313
Population Growth: ↑0.3%
Poverty Rate: 8.5%
Primary Care Physicians: 18.2
Private/Home School Regulation: #36
Production: $45K¹⁰
Property Crime Rate: 2,584
Property Tax: 1.83%
Protective Service: $53K¹⁰
Protestants / Non-Denominationals: ↓-21.0%⁷
Rain: 38"
Regional Theatre: 2
River Flooding: Low³
Sales & Related: $48K¹⁰
Sales Tax: 7.0%
Same Sex Households: ↑0.5%
Scenic Beauty: #13
Seacoast Proximity: 4h 14m
Seasons: 53 °F
Shark Attacks: 0
Single Parent Households: ↓-3.1%
Skiing: 0h 26m
Small or Major Airport: 0h 18m
Smokers: 13%¹
Snow: 68"
Spanish Speakers: ↓-5.2%
State Income Tax: 8.8%
Strong Wind: Very Low³
Summer Heat: 79 °F
Summer Mugginess: Sticky
Sunny Days: 157
Termite Infestation: none
Tobacco Regulation: #11
Top School Rating: 92.0⁶
Tornadoes: Very Low³
Traffic: 647K
Transit Score: 39
Transportation & Material Moving: $42K¹⁰
Tsunami: none³
Typical Expenses: $161K⁵
Typical Expenses: $105K⁵
Typical Expenses: $106K⁵
Typical Expenses: $95K⁵
Typical Expenses: $133K⁵
Typical Expenses: $123K⁵
Typical Expenses: $98K⁵
Typical Expenses: $88K⁵
Typical Expenses: $71K⁵
Typical Expenses: $158K⁵
Typical Expenses: $51K⁵
Typical Expenses: $71K⁵
Unemployment Rate: 4.8%¹
Vegetarian Friendliness: 7
Violent Crime Rate: 130²
Volcanic Activity: none³
Walk Score: 59
Water Quality: 1/4
Whites: ↑12.2%
Wildfires: Very Low³
Windiness: 17 mph
Wineries: 4
Winter Cold: 26 °F
Winter Weather: Low³

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