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Real estate businesses in Chittenden County, VT
How Chittenden County, VT compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,516 of 2,229 scored counties
#11 of 12 scored counties in Vermont
- Listings
- 257
- 11 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 182
- +9.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.4B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $19,412 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 125
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 36.0
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 169,115
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Chittenden County comes to about $1.4B a year: $19,412 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 25% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.
Chittenden County has 257 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (4%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 36.0 for every 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Chittenden County was 182 in 2023, up 9.0% from 2019. That is one for every 393 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 804 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Chittenden County.
Population estimates show Chittenden County grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, Chittenden County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #1,516 of 2,229 scored counties and #11 of 12 scored counties in Vermont.
How Chittenden County compares
The same measures for Vermont and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Chittenden County | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 36.0 | 25.6 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 125 | 164 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 393 | 522 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.0% | +5.7% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $19,412 | $18,181 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $96,759 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 167 → 182+9.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 564
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $36M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 804Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 25711 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 320The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $1.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Chittenden County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Chittenden County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 169,115+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 71,456
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 537 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 316
- Median household income
- $96,759+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,699
- Median home value
- $439,200
- Jobs located here
- 103,357
- Daytime population
- 189,839Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Vermont market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Vermont for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Vermont, with Chittenden County marked.
Top counties in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Orange County, VT | 83 | 9 | 7.1 | 588 | +2.4% | #10 of 2,229 |
| 2Orleans County, VT | 71 | 15 | 12.4 | 316 | +0.7% | #180 of 2,229 |
| 3Addison County, VT | 65 | 30 | 20.0 | 214 | +1.8% | #380 of 2,229 |
| 4Franklin County, VT | 65 | 41 | 20.5 | 200 | +2.3% | #381 of 2,229 |
| 5Caledonia County, VT | 63 | 25 | 19.1 | 206 | +0.8% | #453 of 2,229 |
| 6Washington County, VT | 59 | 66 | 25.5 | 165 | −0.2% | #626 of 2,229 |
| 7Windham County, VT | 52 | 36 | 18.2 | 222 | −1.4% | #965 of 2,229 |
| 8Rutland County, VT | 49 | 66 | 26.1 | 150 | −1.4% | #1,131 of 2,229 |
| 9Windsor County, VT | 47 | 66 | 26.1 | 161 | −0.7% | #1,214 of 2,229 |
| 10Bennington County, VT | 47 | 38 | 25.4 | 160 | −1.8% | #1,215 of 2,229 |
| 11Chittenden County, VT | 42 | 257 | 36.0 | 125 | +0.4% | #1,516 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Chittenden County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in Chittenden County, VT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 257 real estate businesses in Chittenden County. 11 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 182 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 9.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 804 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Chittenden County, VT spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.4B a year, or $19,412 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 257 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 25% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 71,456 households in Chittenden County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chittenden County, VT compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Chittenden County has 36.0 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 125, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Chittenden County would have about 320, against 257 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 393 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Chittenden County, VT growing?
Population estimates put Chittenden County at 169,115 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,456 households. Median household income in Chittenden County is $96,759, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.4%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Chittenden County scores 42 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,516 of 2,229 scored counties.
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