† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
17 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBurlington-PlattsburghUnited States
English18.4%9.5%
Irish16.3%9.4%
German10.0%12.5%
French9.9%1.6%
Italian6.9%4.8%
American6.6%5.3%
French Canadian6.5%—
Scottish3.3%1.3%
Mexican0.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%1.8%
Chinese0.4%1.3%
Asian Indian0.3%1.4%
Nepalese0.2%—
African American†0.8%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Burlington-Plattsburgh
United States
Median age
43.4
39.1
Age 18–24
10.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Burlington-Plattsburgh
United States
Median household income
$81,302
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
40.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Burlington-Plattsburgh
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.2%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Burlington-Plattsburgh
United States
Catholic
22.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
6.4%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
62.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.4%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Burlington-Plattsburgh, Vermont
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−26.9%
1896
−53.9%
1900
−41.9%
1904
−45.9%
1908
−41.2%
1912
−10.4%
1916
−20.8%
1920
−45.6%
1924
−50.4%
1928
−24.5%
1932
−10.9%
1936
−12.0%
1940
−8.5%
1944
−10.8%
1948
−21.1%
1952
−39.6%
1956
−43.8%
1960
−12.9%
1964
+34.3%
1968
−11.2%
1972
−28.5%
1976
−13.0%
1980
−9.1%
1984
−22.6%
1988
−8.4%
1992
+10.7%
1996
+19.9%
2000
+6.7%
2004
+14.8%
2008
+31.7%
2012
+30.4%
2016
+19.1%
2020
+27.2%
2024
+22.8%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
59.9%Harris286,801
37.1%Trump177,513
2.9%
D+22.8
R+4.3
D+24.3
478,409
D
62.2%Biden294,485
35.0%Trump165,727
2.8%
D+27.2
D+8.1
D+22.7
473,492
D
53.8%Clinton223,532
34.8%Trump144,424
11.4%
D+19.1
R+11.3
D+17.0
415,201
D
64.1%Obama252,330
33.7%Romney132,643
2.3%
D+30.4
R+1.3
D+26.5
393,918
D
64.9%Obama275,025
33.3%McCain140,868
1.8%
D+31.7
D+16.8
D+24.4
423,504
D
56.4%Kerry231,058
41.5%Bush170,285
2.1%
D+14.8
D+8.1
D+17.3
409,837
D
49.6%Gore187,571
42.9%Bush162,268
7.6%
D+6.7
R+13.2
D+6.2
378,489
D
52.7%Clinton178,978
32.8%Dole111,439
14.6%
D+19.9
D+9.2
D+11.4
339,874
D
44.1%Clinton164,562
33.3%Bush124,547
22.6%
D+10.7
D+19.1
D+5.2
373,542
R
45.3%Dukakis143,845
53.6%Bush170,428
1.1%
R+8.4
D+14.2
R+0.6
317,805
R
38.3%Mondale117,527
60.8%Reagan186,901
0.9%
R+22.6
R+13.5
R+4.4
307,249
R
38.0%Carter108,093
47.1%Reagan133,955
14.9%
R+9.1
D+3.9
D+0.6
284,336
R
42.5%Carter109,485
55.6%Ford143,027
1.9%
R+13.0
D+15.4
R+15.1
257,436
R
35.4%McGovern91,311
63.9%Nixon164,821
0.8%
R+28.5
R+17.3
R+5.3
258,120
R
42.4%Humphrey95,615
53.7%Nixon120,876
3.9%
R+11.2
R+45.5
R+10.5
225,274
D
67.1%Johnson155,354
32.9%Goldwater76,064
0.0%
D+34.3
D+47.1
D+11.7
231,475
R
43.6%Kennedy104,678
56.4%Nixon135,559
0.0%
R+12.9
D+31.0
R+13.0
240,295
R
28.1%Stevenson62,155
71.9%Eisenhower159,217
0.0%
R+43.8
R+4.3
R+28.4
221,396
R
30.1%Stevenson67,098
69.7%Eisenhower155,359
0.2%
R+39.6
R+18.5
R+28.8
222,979
R
38.6%Truman71,228
59.6%Dewey110,163
1.8%
R+21.1
R+10.3
R+25.6
184,741
R
44.6%Roosevelt84,143
55.4%Dewey104,577
0.1%
R+10.8
R+2.3
R+18.3
188,849
R
45.6%Roosevelt97,895
54.2%Willkie116,239
0.2%
R+8.5
D+3.4
R+18.5
214,626
R
43.8%Roosevelt93,036
55.8%Landon118,463
0.4%
R+12.0
R+1.1
R+36.2
212,418
R
44.1%Roosevelt88,295
55.0%Hoover110,097
1.0%
R+10.9
D+13.6
R+28.7
200,345
R
37.6%Smith73,808
62.1%Hoover121,981
0.3%
R+24.5
D+25.9
R+7.1
196,428
R
22.2%Davis33,336
72.6%Coolidge109,022
5.2%
R+50.4
R+4.8
R+25.2
150,176
R
26.7%Cox36,778
72.3%Harding99,676
1.0%
R+45.6
R+24.8
R+19.4
137,857
R
38.6%Wilson36,375
59.4%Hughes56,036
2.0%
R+20.8
R+10.4
R+24.0
94,301
R
28.9%Wilson26,345
39.3%Taft35,853
31.8%
R+10.4
D+30.8
R+30.0
91,246
R
27.7%Bryan23,727
68.9%Taft59,082
3.4%
R+41.2
D+4.7
R+31.7
85,749
R
25.6%Parker22,051
71.5%Roosevelt61,590
2.9%
R+45.9
R+3.9
R+26.2
86,171
R
28.2%Bryan25,068
70.1%McKinley62,394
1.7%
R+41.9
D+12.0
R+34.4
88,992
R
21.4%Bryan19,809
75.3%McKinley69,640
3.2%
R+53.9
R+27.0
R+47.8
92,446
R
35.2%Cleveland30,971
62.0%Harrison54,671
2.8%
R+26.9
—
R+28.6
88,108
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+0.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+22.8
Burlington-Plattsburgh registers Republican but votes Democratic — a 23-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Burlington-Plattsburgh
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2026 (partial)
205,955
64,318
65,015
69,361
7,261
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+359 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −7,808 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Burlington-Plattsburgh in Burlington-Plattsburgh: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,585
2012
−2,213
2013
−1,665
2014
−1,908
2015
−4,299
2016
−1,732
2017
−1,375
2018
−243
2019
−846
2021
+3,432
2022
+2,020
2023
+1,195
2024
+1,052
2025
+359
Burlington anchors Vermont's most reliably left-leaning corridor, while the Plattsburgh side stretches into Clinton and Essex counties—North Country territory where margins tighten and ticket-splitting remains a live variable.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 53.9 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.8 points.
A population of 861,911, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,302 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Portland-Auburn and Albany-Schenectady-Troy.
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How did Burlington-Plattsburgh, Vermont vote in 2024?
In 2024, Burlington-Plattsburgh, Vermont voted Democratic by 22.8 points (D+22.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 478,409 votes cast, 286,801 went Democratic and 177,513 went Republican.
When did Burlington-Plattsburgh, Vermont last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Burlington-Plattsburgh, Vermont voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Burlington-Plattsburgh, Vermont?
Burlington-Plattsburgh, Vermont has a population of 861,911 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Burlington-Plattsburgh, Vermont?
Median household income in Burlington-Plattsburgh, Vermont is $81,302 — above the national median of $80,734. The Vermont state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Burlington-Plattsburgh, Vermont?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Burlington-Plattsburgh, Vermont from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
