Cost of living in Vermont

Vermont at a glance

Median rent

$1,234

Census ACS, B25064, monthly

Median household income

$81,203

Census ACS, B19013, yearly

Median home value

$316,600

Census ACS, B25077

Median property tax bill

$5,039

Census ACS, B25103, yearly, current owners

Mean commute

24 min

Census ACS, DP03, one way

Unemployment

3.6%

Census ACS, DP03

Vermont's own published state rows, never an average of its counties. Prices overall run 2% below the national average (BEA regional price parity, 2024).

Figures from the 2024 release of the Census American Community Survey, checked September 2026. Health, hazard and price-level readings name their own release beside them.

The three most populous counties in Vermont

These are the most populous places in Vermont, not a match to you. Set what matters to you on Find your fit and this becomes your three closest matches here. Made-up answers work too. This is a tool, not a survey.

• Chittenden County

  Population

  170K

  Rent

  $1,646

  Household income

  $96,759

  Prop. tax (yearly)

  $6,617

  Set as targetPlan

• Rutland County

  Population

  60.4K

  Rent

  $1,000

  Household income

  $68,616

  Prop. tax (yearly)

  $4,154

  Set as targetPlan

• Washington County

  Population

  60K

  Rent

  $1,163

  Household income

  $83,449

  Prop. tax (yearly)

  $5,498

  Set as targetPlan

Vermont, worth the trip

Admitted to the Union on March 4, 1791, as the 14th state. Vermont's constitution of 1777 was the first in the United States to prohibit slavery. The Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga and helped win the Battle of Bennington during the American Revolution.

• Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park

  The Mount Tom Forest, the oldest continuously managed scientific forest in the United States.

• Green Mountain National Forest

  Northeastern woodland in the Green Mountains, where visitors hike, ski and watch the fall foliage.

• President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site

  Plymouth Notch, the village of Calvin Coolidge's birthplace and homestead, with an 1840 church, a store and a cheese factory.

History: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Each place links to the page of the agency that looks after it.

Property tax in Vermont

Current owners in Vermont pay a median 1.59% of home value a year in property tax. Example: $5,039 a year, the median bill. By county, the median bill runs from $3,035 in Essex County to $6,617 in Chittenden County. These are bills that current owners pay, as the Census measures them. Each county's own figure is in the table below.

Health in Vermont

Life expectancy

78.7 yrs

County Health Rankings, from CDC NCHS vital statistics

No health insurance

4.9%

County Health Rankings, from Census SAHIE, people under 65

Poor or fair health

13.1%

County Health Rankings, from CDC BRFSS. Modeled, not counted

Injury deaths per 100K people

102

County Health Rankings, from CDC NCHS, counted deaths

Each is the figure County Health Rankings publishes for Vermont as a whole, never an average of its counties. Each county's own health readings are on its page.

Natural hazards in Vermont

Expected yearly loss, statewide

$221M

All natural hazards, an average year. Larger states lose more

Building loss rate

$1.16

Per $1,000 of building value, each year. Fair to compare between states

Costliest hazard

Inland flooding

$162M of the expected yearly loss, the largest share of any hazard FEMA assesses

Air quality

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The EPA publishes air quality by county and metro area, never by state. It is on each county's page

FEMA publishes a risk score for counties and none for states, so none is shown here. Each county's score is on its own page.

Side by side

Chittenden County, VT is the largest county here. Set it beside another place, reading by reading.

All 14 counties in Vermont

Each has its published readings on its own page. Press a column to sort by it. Pick one, or open the map to see them shaded side by side.

Household income, home value and population are on each county's own page, and in this table on a wider screen.

Where these numbers come from

Each reading is the published figure, not an estimate. A dash means the source did not publish one, or published one too uncertain to print.

• State figures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 20245-year estimates, the state's own row (tables B25064, B19013, B25077, B25103, B01003, DP03).
• County figures: the same survey, each county's own row, as on every county page.
• Price level: Bureau of Economic Analysis, regional price parities, 2024, all items, state-level.
• Health: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, the state's own row. Poor or fair health is a modeled estimate from CDC survey data. The other three are counted or calculated.
• Natural hazards: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025, state table, expected annual loss. This product uses FEMA data but is not endorsed by FEMA.
• Air quality has no state figure: the EPA publishes it by county and metro area only.
• Photographs: Wikimedia Commons and the county photo feed, each credited to its photographer under its own licence, beneath the picture.