What salary do you need to live in Burlington, VT?

Rent, home values and prices in Burlington

Renters in Burlington pay a median $1,660 a month for two bedrooms. Size matters: one bedroom is $1,356, three bedrooms $1,935, so going from the smallest to the largest of the three adds $6,948 a year.

On the ownership side, the typical owner-occupied home is valued at $401,000. With median household income at $93,043, a typical home costs 4.3× a typical income, close to the middle of the range across US metros.

Prices overall are close to average. BEA's Regional Price Parity for the metro is 100.9 against a US baseline of 100, so $100,000 here buys roughly $99,060 worth of the national basket.

The salary lines for a two-bedroom in Burlington

The salary lines for a two-bedroom household land at $58,000 for Tight, $116,000 for Okay and $233,000 for Comfortable. The gap between the Okay and Comfortable lines alone is $117,000, which says how much extra income it takes to make housing feel roomy here rather than merely workable.

Reaching Royal takes $752,000 — 3.2× the Comfortable line — because the last points come slowly once rent is already a small share.

Nothing here is a separate rule of thumb; plug any of these incomes into the calculator with two bedrooms and Burlington shows the matching grade.

What different incomes look like in Burlington

At $75,000 home size barely changes the picture: one, two and three bedrooms all grade Tight, with scores from 30 to 36.

None of the four salaries reaches Comfortable for two bedrooms; even $150,000 scores 52, Okay, which fits the $233,000 line above.

Burlington on the national list

Ranked against all 387 metros, Burlington sits 69th on overall price level and 38th on the two-bedroom rent median, counting from the most expensive. Its median home value ranks 76th.

For a sense of scale, the metros just above and below it on two-bedroom rent are Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ($1,675) and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ($1,660).

Burlington vs. the rest of Vermont

Compared with Vermont as a whole, two-bedroom rent in Burlington is 20% higher ($1,660 vs. $1,384) and the median home is 27% higher ($401,000 vs. $316,600).

Scored the same way, the statewide figures turn Comfortable at $177,000, so Burlington needs $56,000 more than Vermont overall.

No other metro in the data is based in Vermont, so the comparison uses the closest matches nationwide on rent and price parity: Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, Reno, NV, and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.

Where the typical Burlington household lands

What about a typical local household? Census puts median household income here at $93,043, which grades Tight (39) for a two-bedroom at the median rent. Reaching Comfortable would take $139,957 more than the median household earns. For Vermont as a whole, the median household income of $81,203 scores 43 against statewide rents. Keep in mind a household median often combines two incomes.

Treat every number here as a pre-tax, public-data estimate rather than financial advice.