Burlington vs Essex Junction

A side-by-side comparison of Burlington and Essex Junction: population, income, housing, and more.

Burlington and Essex Junction are places in Vermont. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Burlington has the higher population (44,649 vs 10,720 in Essex Junction). Essex Junction has the higher median household income ($94,423 vs $68,854 in Burlington). Burlington has the higher median home value ($400,200 vs $376,800 in Essex Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Essex Junction
Population	44,649	10,720
Median age	26.7 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,854	$94,423
Median home value	$400,200	$376,800
Median gross rent	$1,609	$1,439
Housing units	18,339	4,852
Homeownership rate	39.8%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.5%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Essex Junction
Population	42,545 → 44,649 (+4.9%)	10,603 → 10,720 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$51,394 → $68,854 (+34.0%)	$80,019 → $94,423 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$284,500 → $400,200 (+40.7%)	$298,200 → $376,800 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,213 → $1,609 (+32.6%)	$1,313 → $1,439 (+9.6%)

Burlington

Population

42,54544,649

Median household income

$51,394$68,854

Median home value

$284,500$400,200

Median gross rent

$1,213$1,609

Essex Junction

Population

10,60310,720

Median household income

$80,019$94,423

Median home value

$298,200$376,800

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,439

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Essex Junction
Under 5	3.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	7.9%	12.6%
18 to 24	35.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.8%	14.9%
35 to 44	9.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	7.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	8.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.2%
75 and over	4.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Essex Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	82.9%
Black or African American	3.6%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Essex Junction
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	15.8%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Essex Junction
Drove alone	47.3%	70.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	10.8%
Public transit	5.3%	0.8%
Walked	16.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	5.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.7%	15.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Essex Junction
1-unit, detached	33.2%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	12.5%
2 to 4 units	25.9%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	10.0%
20 or more units	11.8%	14.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Essex Junction
Poverty rate	23.0%	6.6%
Average household size	2.07	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1957	1982