Chittenden County, Vermont: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+53%. Democratic peak: D+55 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+53MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 169,7582024 5-year
- Median household income
- $96,7592024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+55 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Washtenaw County, MI · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Chittenden CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Chittenden County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −26.8% |
| 1896 | −52.8% |
| 1900 | −35.9% |
| 1904 | −44.3% |
| 1908 | −38.7% |
| 1912 | −1.6% |
| 1916 | −15.2% |
| 1920 | −33.6% |
| 1924 | −47.4% |
| 1928 | +5.2% |
| 1932 | +11.5% |
| 1936 | +17.1% |
| 1940 | +16.5% |
| 1944 | +17.9% |
| 1948 | +2.2% |
| 1952 | −16.2% |
| 1956 | −14.8% |
| 1960 | +12.9% |
| 1964 | +41.4% |
| 1968 | +5.6% |
| 1972 | −17.4% |
| 1976 | −9.7% |
| 1980 | +1.4% |
| 1984 | −9.6% |
| 1988 | +3.1% |
| 1992 | +23.1% |
| 1996 | +27.1% |
| 2000 | +18.1% |
| 2004 | +29.5% |
| 2008 | +44.8% |
| 2012 | +41.6% |
| 2016 | +43.4% |
| 2020 | +54.5% |
| 2024 | +53.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 70,919 | 20,235 | 95,715 | ||
| D | 74,961 | 21,017 | 98,915 | ||
| D | 54,814 | 18,601 | 83,416 | ||
| D | 53,626 | 21,571 | 77,080 | ||
| D | 59,611 | 22,237 | 83,440 | ||
| D | 49,369 | 26,422 | 77,696 | ||
| D | 39,156 | 26,105 | 72,017 | ||
| D | 36,299 | 19,020 | 63,860 | ||
| D | 35,314 | 19,093 | 70,121 | ||
| D | 29,185 | 27,380 | 57,346 | ||
| R | 24,830 | 30,217 | 55,845 | ||
| D | 18,967 | 18,310 | 46,943 | ||
| R | 17,992 | 22,013 | 41,356 | ||
| R | 16,163 | 23,063 | 39,703 | ||
| D | 16,420 | 14,621 | 32,250 | ||
| D | 21,817 | 9,050 | 30,867 | ||
| D | 16,959 | 13,072 | 30,031 | ||
| R | 10,474 | 14,108 | 24,582 | ||
| R | 9,746 | 13,533 | 23,385 | ||
| D | 8,903 | 8,509 | 17,739 | ||
| D | 10,788 | 7,513 | 18,301 | ||
| D | 11,069 | 7,926 | 19,061 | ||
| D | 10,962 | 7,757 | 18,775 | ||
| D | 9,104 | 7,208 | 16,435 | ||
| D | 9,052 | 8,156 | 17,235 | ||
| R | 2,658 | 8,008 | 11,286 | ||
| R | 3,564 | 7,215 | 10,865 | ||
| R | 2,772 | 3,786 | 6,660 | ||
| R | 2,266 | 2,368 | 6,435 | ||
| R | 1,650 | 3,806 | 5,573 | ||
| R | 1,432 | 3,848 | 5,450 | ||
| R | 1,822 | 3,907 | 5,809 | ||
| R | 1,416 | 4,743 | 6,302 | ||
| R | 1,952 | 3,418 | 5,462 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
18.3%
English
18.0%
German
13.0%
Italian
8.4%
French
8.0%
American
4.6%
Polish
3.8%
African American
1.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
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.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 37.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$96,759
Chittenden County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Chittenden County$96,759
Vermont$81,203
United States$80,734
Chittenden County ranks in the top 5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.6%
Working age (18–64)10.3%
Seniors (65+)9.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.8%
speak English only
Other Indo-European5.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.9%
Spanish1.5%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to Burlington and the University of Vermont, Chittenden County concentrates roughly a quarter of Vermont's population in a college-anchored urban core that has posted the state's widest presidential margins for over a decade.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty-three points in 1896 at its widest — Chittenden County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-three points.
A median household income of $96,759 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 169,758 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Washtenaw County and Clarke County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Chittenden County, Vermont vote in 2024?
In 2024, Chittenden County, Vermont voted Democratic by 53.0 points (D+53), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 95,715 votes cast, 70,919 went Democratic and 20,235 went Republican.
What is Chittenden County, Vermont's political typology?
Akashic places Chittenden County, Vermont in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did Chittenden County, Vermont last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Chittenden County, Vermont voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Chittenden County, Vermont?
Chittenden County, Vermont has a population of 169,758 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Chittenden County, Vermont?
Median household income in Chittenden County, Vermont is $96,759 — above the national median of $80,734. The Vermont state median is $81,203.
What is the political history of Chittenden County, Vermont?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Chittenden County, Vermont from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.