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1876–2024
Burlington-South Burlington, VT·Vermont

Burlington-South Burlington, VT has voted Democratic in ten straight presidential cycles.

Vermont's most populous metro, where college-town density shapes statewide margins

1876 — 2024·38 elections
VT
Latest
D+41
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
227,846
2024 ACS

Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont: Democratic loyalist metro. In 2024, voted D+41%. Republican peak: R+50 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+41MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
227,8462024 5-year
Median household income
$93,3472024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
87.7%2024 5-year
Black
1.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
2.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+44 in 2020MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+50 in 1896MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
3 counties · 3 D · 0 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+41.3%
86,88934,397127,221
D
+44.3%
91,47734,101129,596
D
+34.3%
66,25928,840108,936
D
+37.4%
68,21430,447101,043
D
+40.2%
75,48431,580109,169
D
+24.7%
62,21337,112101,693
D
+15.2%
50,50536,05094,849
D
+26.5%
46,64424,59583,107
D
+20.8%
44,76225,58992,251
D
+2.6%
37,92635,98974,908
R
−12.2%
31,56540,43772,957
D
+1.0%
25,88025,25562,628
R
−8.6%
24,46829,20755,251
R
−21.6%
20,80432,43153,786
D
+5.7%
23,17720,59345,490
D
+42.3%
31,63612,81744,456
D
+12.4%
24,80619,31444,120
R
−16.5%
15,91822,21138,129
R
−16.3%
15,42921,45837,053
D
+3.5%
15,18014,13029,746
D
+16.8%
17,62512,55430,180
D
+16.7%
19,50613,90033,540
D
+14.2%
18,63113,97632,703
D
+11.1%
16,09412,85629,198
D
+1.0%
15,33015,01730,425
R
−45.3%
4,65013,46319,453
R
−34.7%
6,26013,01219,459
R
−13.4%
5,3136,98912,462
R
−1.8%
3,7933,99411,378
R
−37.7%
2,8866,5309,670
R
−45.6%
2,4226,7139,408
R
−35.6%
3,2847,00110,451
R
−50.4%
2,7248,61311,692
R
−28.2%
3,4826,30710,019
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
17.5%
English
17.0%
German
11.7%
French
9.5%
Italian
7.3%
American
6.8%
Polish
2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.1%
2.1%
75–84
3.0%
5.0%
65–74
5.4%
6.4%
55–64
6.6%
5.8%
45–54
5.8%
6.5%
35–44
6.6%
7.0%
25–34
6.8%
6.4%
18–24
6.7%
6.9%
5–17
6.6%
2.4%
<5
2.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$93,347
Burlington-South Burlington, VT ranks near the middle of US counties.
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$93,347
Vermont$81,203
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.9%
Working age (18–64)10.0%
Seniors (65+)9.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.3%
speak English only
Other Indo-European4.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Spanish1.3%
Other languages0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
30.6%
Other Christian
9.5%
Non-Christian
3.2%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Baptist
1.8%
Methodist
1.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to the University of Vermont and a compact urban core on Lake Champlain, the Burlington metro consistently delivers the state's largest Democratic vote margins, anchoring Vermont's federal election outcomes despite the state's otherwise rural character.

The Democratic margin in Burlington-South Burlington, VT reached its widest at forty-four points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was forty-one points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $93,347, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 227,846 together describe a metro whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/15540/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont vote in 2024?
In 2024, Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont voted Democratic by 41.3 points (D+41), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 127,221 votes cast, 86,889 went Democratic and 34,397 went Republican.
What is Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont as a "Democratic loyalist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont?
Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont has a population of 227,846 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont?
Median household income in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont is $93,347 — above the national median of $80,734. The Vermont state median is $81,203.
What is the political history of Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.