Burlington, Vermont

Burlington population, 2020 to 2024

Burlington lost 313 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -234. Among 8 Vermont places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Vermont has 9,579 people, so Burlington is 4.6 times that size.

Burlington covers 10.30 square miles of land and 5.05 of water, for 4,314 people per square mile of land. The median Vermont place of 5,000+ has 2,221, so Burlington is denser than the typical town.

What county Burlington is in

All of Burlington's residents live in Chittenden County, which had 170,851 residents in 2024. Burlington holds 26.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Burlington

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Burlington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 05401, 05405, 05408. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Burlington is

The Census internal point of Burlington is at 44.491900, -73.238900. Montpelier, the capital, is 36.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Concord, NH (44,674 people), 120.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 129.2 miles away.

Daylight in Burlington

At 44.49° N, Burlington gets about 15 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Burlington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Vermont, measured between internal points. The closest is Winooski, 2.7 miles away, with 8,370 people.