Chittenden County, Vermont

Chittenden County population, land area and income

Chittenden County had 170,851 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 536.9 square miles of land. It is the most populous of Vermont's 14 county-equivalents. That works out to 318.2 people per square mile, 3.3 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Vermont has 37,543 residents, so Chittenden County is 4.6 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $96,142 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Chittenden County's population changed since 2020

Chittenden County gained 2,432 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.4%. That ranks 6th of 14 in Vermont for growth. The median Vermont county changed by +1.2%, and the state as a whole by +0.9%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Chittenden County recorded 5,810 births and 5,599 deaths, a natural change of +211. Net international migration added +3,482 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -1,301. The largest single component was international migration, which added 3,482 people.

Where Chittenden County is

The Census internal point of Chittenden County is at 44.463300, -73.069400. It sits in UTM zone 18N. The map shades Vermont's 14 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Chittenden County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Chittenden County

4 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Chittenden County, 85,302 people together, or 50% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Chittenden County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Burlington with 44,432.

Counties bordering Chittenden County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Chittenden County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Clinton County, NY, with 77,871 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• NY

  Clinton County, NY

  77,871 people

  37 mi WNW

• Washington County

  59,844 people

  26 mi ESE

• Franklin County

  51,066 people

  28 mi NNE

• Addison County

  38,047 people

  30 mi S

• NY

  Essex County, NY

  36,744 people

  43 mi SW

• Lamoille County

  26,248 people

  24 mi ENE

• Grand Isle County

  7,528 people

  26 mi NNW

Distance to Montpelier and the nearest big city

Montpelier is 27.8 miles ESE of Chittenden County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY (population 101,317), 129.4 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Essex Junction, VT (population 10,787), 2.9 miles away.

Chittenden County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Chittenden County is 50007: state code 50 for Vermont plus county code 007. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $96,142.