Vermont Cost of Living & Economic Score
Federal Bureau of Economic Analysis data on price levels, real income, and household-budget impact for Vermont. Last updated 2024.
InflationRank Score
Cost of living in Vermont
According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, prices in Vermont run 5.0% above the U.S. average (Regional Price Parity index 105.0 on a base of 100). The state sits in the Northeast region. That puts it on the costlier end of U.S. states.
Real per-capita personal income — what local residents actually earn after adjusting for cost of living — is $60.0K (vs $59K nationally). Locals have higher real purchasing power than the U.S. average — high incomes here more than compensate for any cost premium.
Notable cost factors: high top-marginal income tax of 8.75%, above-average property tax (1.83%).
Explore Vermont in the live dashboard →Major metros in Vermont
- Burlington-South Burlington, VT RPP 107.0 D
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About the InflationRank Score
The InflationRank Score is a proprietary 0–100 composite that summarizes a place's cost-of-living and economic conditions on a familiar A–F grading scale. Higher scores reflect a better cost-of-living-adjusted economic situation.
The composite weighs three dimensions sourced from federal government datasets: cost level (how local prices compare to the national average), inflation pressure (recent direction and pace of cost movements), and income resilience (real, cost-adjusted earning power of local residents). The score is anchored to the U.S. national average and reviewed annually as federal data refreshes.
Underlying data is drawn from authoritative federal economic agencies and public housing datasets. See full data sources →