List of municipalities in Vermont

Vermont has ten cities. In some cases there is a town and a city with the same name, such as Barre City which is almost entirely surrounded by the separate municipality of Barre Town.

Six of Vermont's 14 counties have at least one city within their borders. Five cities serve as the county seats for their respective counties and are indicated below with an asterisk (*).

Population

According to the 2020 census, 119,299 people, or 18.54% of the state's population, resided in Vermont's cities (excluding Essex Junction, which incorporated in 2022).

The downtown area of Rutland, Vermont's third largest city

The downtown area of Montpelier, Vermont's capital city

Rank (Population)	City	County	2020 Population[1]	Area in sq mi (km2)[2]	Rank (Area)	Incorporated	Median Household Income (1999)	Rank (Income)	Mayor
1	Burlington[3]*	Chittenden	44,743	15.49 sq mi (40.1 km2)	2	1864	$33,070	6	Miro Weinberger (D)
2	South Burlington[4]	Chittenden	20,292	29.58 sq mi (76.6 km2)	1	1971	$51,566	1	N/A
3	Rutland[5]*	Rutland	15,807	7.68 sq mi (19.9 km2)	4	1892	$30,478	8	Michael Doenges (I)
4	Essex Junction	Chittenden	10,590	4.74 sq mi (12.3 km2)		2022
5	Barre[6]	Washington	8,491	3.98 sq mi (10.3 km2)	6	1895	$30,393	9	Lucas Herring (I)
6	Montpelier[7]*	Washington	8,074	10.25 sq mi (26.5 km2)	3	1895	$37,513	3	Jack McCullough (I)
7	Winooski[8]	Chittenden	7,997	1.51 sq mi (3.9 km2)	9	1921	$30,592	7	Kristine Lott (I)
8	St. Albans[9]*	Franklin	6,887	2.03 sq mi (5.3 km2)	8	1902	$37,221	4	Elizabeth Gamache (D)
9	Newport[10]*	Orleans	4,455	7.63 sq mi (19.8 km2)	5	1917	$34,922	5	Paul Monette (I)
10	Vergennes[11]	Addison	2,553	2.51 sq mi (6.5 km2)	7	1788	$37,763	2	Chris Bearor[12]

The total area of Vermont's cities is 80.2 sq mi (208 km²), or 0.8% of the state's total area.

Stowe Town Hall

Orwell Town Hall

Calais Town Hall

Cities in Vermont are municipalities with the city form of government

Towns in Vermont are municipalities that typically incorporate the town meeting format into their government

Unincorporated towns in Vermont are towns that had their charters revoked by the Vermont legislature due to lack of residents. While still technically towns, their affairs are managed by a state-appointed supervisor and not by a local government.

Gores in Vermont are seen as an unincorporated area of a county that is not part of any town, has limited self-government, and may be unpopulated. Vermont has 4 current gores.

In the U.S. state of Vermont, villages are named communities located within the boundaries of a town. Villages may be incorporated or unincorporated.

An incorporated village is a defined area within a town that was either granted a village charter by a special act of the legislature, or organized under the general legislation. A village is a clearly defined municipality and provides a variety of municipal services, such as potable water, sewage, police and fire services, garbage collection, street lighting and maintenance, management of cemeteries, and building code enforcement. Other municipal services not provided by the village are provided by the parent town. Incorporated villages in Vermont are administratively similar to villages in New York. Vermont is the only state in New England that has incorporated villages.

As of 2021, there were 33 incorporated villages with active governments in Vermont. Historically, there were more but most have since disincorporated, while a few were chartered as cities. Below is a list of incorporated villages that have existed, ordered by date of incorporation. Currently existing villages are indicated in boldface.

• List of counties in Vermont
• List of census-designated places in Vermont
• List of gores in Vermont
• Vermont 251 Club – an organization whose members try to visit every town in Vermont.

• vt251.com A companion website for the Vermont 251 Club.