{"id":8376,"date":"2023-09-25T21:36:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T21:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8376"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:37:09","slug":"chittenden-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/chittenden-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Chittenden County, Vermont"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chittenden County is a county in Vermont, United States, on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain across from New York. It had a population of 168,323 at the 2020 census and covers 619 square miles (1,600 km2), of which 83 square miles (210 km2) is water, centred near 44\u00b029\u2032N 73\u00b008\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Burlington is the county seat and its postal code is 05401. The county holds 4 cities, 14 towns and no incorporated villages after Essex Junction’s 2022 conversion from village to city. It sits in the Eastern time zone and covers FIPS code 007.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Chittenden County<\/h2>\n

Chittenden is Vermont’s most populous county but one of its smallest by land area, ranking third-smallest of the state’s 14 counties. Its 18 municipalities are a mix of cities built up around Burlington’s harbor and rural towns stretching east into the Green Mountains. The table below uses Pop. for the 2020 census count and ZIP for the primary delivery code; some smaller towns share a ZIP with a larger neighbor rather than having their own.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Burlington<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n44,743<\/td>\n05401<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Burlington<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n20,292<\/td>\n05403<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colchester<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n17,524<\/td>\n05446<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Essex<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n11,540<\/td>\n05452<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Essex Junction<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n10,590<\/td>\n05452<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milton<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n10,723<\/td>\n05468<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Williston<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n10,103<\/td>\n05495<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winooski<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n7,997<\/td>\n05404<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shelburne<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n7,717<\/td>\n05482<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jericho<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n5,104<\/td>\n05465<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hinesburg<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n4,698<\/td>\n05461<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richmond<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n4,167<\/td>\n05477<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charlotte<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n3,783<\/td>\n05445<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Underhill<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n3,129<\/td>\n05489<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Huntington<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,934<\/td>\n05462<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Westford<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n2,062<\/td>\n05494<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bolton<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,301<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
St. George<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n794<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Several communities named on older lists \u2014 Essex Center, North Williston, Malletts Bay, Redstone and Riverside among them \u2014 are unincorporated villages inside the towns above rather than separate municipalities, so they aren’t broken out as their own rows. Underhill’s population is split across two settled centers, Underhill Flats and Underhill Center, both inside the Town of Underhill.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n