Burlington vs Winooski

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

Burlington and Winooski 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 8,198 in Winooski). Winooski has the higher median household income ($77,020 vs $68,854 in Burlington). Burlington has the higher median home value ($400,200 vs $350,700 in Winooski).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Winooski
Population	44,649	8,198
Median age	26.7 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,854	$77,020
Median home value	$400,200	$350,700
Median gross rent	$1,609	$1,635
Housing units	18,339	3,952
Homeownership rate	39.8%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.5%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Winooski
Population	42,545 → 44,649 (+4.9%)	7,242 → 8,198 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$51,394 → $68,854 (+34.0%)	$51,728 → $77,020 (+48.9%)
Median home value	$284,500 → $400,200 (+40.7%)	$225,200 → $350,700 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,213 → $1,609 (+32.6%)	$1,144 → $1,635 (+42.9%)

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

Winooski

Population

7,2428,198

Median household income

$51,728$77,020

Median home value

$225,200$350,700

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Winooski
Under 5	3.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	7.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	35.5%	16.4%
25 to 34	16.8%	22.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	15.5%
45 to 54	7.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	8.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	6.7%
75 and over	4.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Winooski
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	77.1%
Black or African American	3.6%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.7%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Winooski
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.4%
High school graduate	15.8%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Winooski
Drove alone	47.3%	63.9%
Carpooled	8.5%	11.4%
Public transit	5.3%	2.5%
Walked	16.2%	5.7%
Bicycle	5.2%	1.5%
Worked from home	16.7%	14.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Winooski
1-unit, detached	33.2%	28.7%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	25.9%	29.4%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	9.6%
20 or more units	11.8%	29.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Winooski
Poverty rate	23.0%	14.3%
Average household size	2.07	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1957	1961