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05401

Burlington, VT · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
31,662
Median household income
$65,657
People below poverty
25%
Median home value
$492,100

Income

The median income of households in 05401 was $65,657. An estimated 7.8% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 10.1% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 05401 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 7.8
$10,000 to $14,999 3.3
$15,000 to $24,999 8.7
$25,000 to $34,999 7.6
$35,000 to $49,999 11.7
$50,000 to $74,999 17.9
$75,000 to $99,999 10.8
$100,000 to $149,999 14
$150,000 to $199,999 8
$200,000 or more 10.1

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 05401 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 62596
Female 63729

An estimated 83.5% of households received earnings. An estimated 16.9% of households received Social Security and an estimated 14.3 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $24,548. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 05401 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 83.5
Social Security 16.9
Retirement income 14.3
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 3.1
Cash public assistance income 5

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 25 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 12.3% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 11.1% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 29% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 05401 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 25
Children under 18 years below poverty 12.3
People 65 years old and over below poverty 11.1
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 29

In 2020-2024, 9.7 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 20.8% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 35.1% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 23.1% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 05401 in 2020-2024, 95.9% had health insurance coverage and 4.1% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 79.5% and public coverage was 24.9%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 1%.


In 2020-2024, 05401 had a total population of 31,662 - 16,753 (52.9%) females and 14,909 (47.1%) males. The median age was 25.9 years. An estimated 9.9% of the population was under 18 years, 54.7% was 19 to 44 years, 13.6% was 45 to 64 years, and 10.3 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 05401 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 428 549
5 to 9 398 382
10 to 14 249 466
15 to 19 1759 2517
20 to 24 3993 4378
25 to 29 1998 1962
30 to 34 1039 1085
35 to 39 907 791
40 to 44 544 646
45 to 49 750 533
50 to 54 515 464
55 to 59 556 398
60 to 64 511 588
65 to 69 516 835
70 to 74 351 311
75 to 79 210 360
80 to 84 130 289
85 and over 55 199

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 85.2% were White; 3% were Black or African American; 8.3% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 4.6% were Asian; 1.1% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 6.7% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 3% of the people in 05401 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 84.3% of the people in 05401 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 13,238 households in 05401. The average household size was 2.01 people.

Married-couple households made up 21.1% of the households in 05401 while cohabiting couple households made up 13.1% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 36% of all households, while 29.8% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 17.2% of households were male householders living alone, and 21.9% were female householders living alone, for a total of 39.1% of all households.

In 05401, 14.3% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 19.4% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 05401 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 21.1
Cohabiting Couples 13.1
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
29.8
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
36

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 20.4% of males and 19.2% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 71.1 69.7
Now married, except separated 20.4 19.2
Separated 1.1 0.8
Widowed 0.9 3.5
Divorced 6.5 6.8

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 05401, 238 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 5.5% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 93% of the people living in 05401 were U.S. natives. 27% of the 05401 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 7% of 05401 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 51% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 46.5 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 05401 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 05401.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 05401 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 6.8
Asia 58.1
Europe 21
Africa 1.3
Northern America 11.6
Oceania 1.3

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 05401 in 2020-2024, 9.8 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 1.5% of people at least five years old; 3.1% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 05401 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 1.5
Other Indo-European languages 5.8
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 2.1
Other languages 0.4

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 64.4 % of the people at least one year old living in 05401 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 05401 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 64.4
Different house, same county 16.4
Different county, same state 3.3
Different state 14.9
Abroad 0.9

Education

In 2020-2024, 95.3 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 62.6% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 4.7% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 05401 was 13,209 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 274 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 2,153. College or graduate school enrollment was 10,782.

Educational Attainment of People in 05401 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 4.7
High school diploma or equivalency 15.2
Some college, no degree 11.9
Associate's degree 5.5
Bachelor's degree 33.8
Graduate or professional degree 28.8

Disability

In 05401, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 14.1 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 4.1% of people under 18 years old, to 12.8% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 33.9% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 05401, 64.3 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 32.6% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 78.7% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 16.2% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 5.1 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 14,700 78.7
Federal, state, or local government workers 3,017 16.2
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 951 5.1

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 05401 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 05401 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 1.7
Construction 1.7
Manufacturing 6.5
Wholesale trade 0.6
Retail trade 11.2
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 2
Information 2.3
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 3.8
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 13.1
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 33.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 17.1
Other Services, except public administration 3.4
Public administration 3.4

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 05401 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 9,550 51.2
Service occupations 4,001 21.4
Sales and office occupations 3,225 17.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 567 3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 1,325 7.1

Commuting to Work

An estimated 43% of 05401 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 8% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 17.6 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 05401 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 43
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 8
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 4.8
Walked 20.1
Other means 6.1
Worked from home 18

In 2020-2024, 05401 had a total of 13,722 housing units. Of these housing units, 30.4% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 69.3% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 0.3% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 05401 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 30.4
Apartments in multi-unit structures 69.3
Mobile homes 0.3
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

8.5% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 49% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 05401 was 4.3 rooms, and of these housing units 35.5% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 05401 had 13,238 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 484 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 31.4% while renters occupied 68.6%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.28 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.89.

8.4% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 4.1% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 14.7% and another 12.2% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 05401:

House Heating Fuel Used in 05401 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 71.2
Electricity 23.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 3.4
All other fuels 1.3
No fuel used 0.3

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 05401 was $492,100.

Of the owner-occupied households, 66 % had a mortgage. 34% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $2,433 and for owners without a mortgage it was $1,080.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 05401 was $1,665. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.