Essex Junction vs South Burlington

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

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

South Burlington has the higher population (20,488 vs 10,720 in Essex Junction). South Burlington has the higher median household income ($97,229 vs $94,423 in Essex Junction). South Burlington has the higher median home value ($399,600 vs $376,800 in Essex Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Essex Junction	South Burlington
Population	10,720	20,488
Median age	40.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$94,423	$97,229
Median home value	$376,800	$399,600
Median gross rent	$1,439	$1,755
Housing units	4,852	9,587
Homeownership rate	61.3%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	65.1%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex Junction	South Burlington
Population	10,603 → 10,720 (+1.1%)	19,162 → 20,488 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$80,019 → $94,423 (+18.0%)	$73,065 → $97,229 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$298,200 → $376,800 (+26.4%)	$307,500 → $399,600 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,439 (+9.6%)	$1,401 → $1,755 (+25.3%)

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

South Burlington

Population

19,16220,488

Median household income

$73,065$97,229

Median home value

$307,500$399,600

Median gross rent

$1,401$1,755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essex Junction	South Burlington
Under 5	6.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.2%
75 and over	6.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex Junction	South Burlington
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	80.9%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	5.6%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex Junction	South Burlington
No high school diploma	8.3%	1.7%
High school graduate	16.3%	13.9%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex Junction	South Burlington
Drove alone	70.5%	71.4%
Carpooled	10.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.8%	1.6%
Walked	2.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex Junction	South Burlington
1-unit, detached	49.9%	40.1%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	18.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	14.7%	23.3%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Essex Junction	South Burlington
Poverty rate	6.6%	8.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1982	1988