Alburgh, Vermont.
Typical home $317,171 (+7.2% in a year). Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$949 (+133%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $21,293 +7%
- $295,878$317,171 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $67,513 +27%
- $249,657$317,171 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Alburgh$1,665
- Vermont$2,057
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in Alburgh, VT rose 7.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Alburgh, Grand Isle County, Vermont
Alburgh is a village of 571 people in Grand Isle County. Unemployment in Grand Isle County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Grand Isle County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Alburgh is a small village in Grand Isle County, Vermont, close to the Canadian border on the northern end of Lake Champlain's islands and peninsulas. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and a good share of residents live below the poverty line, while household incomes across the county run well above what is typical for the town. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and highs staying below freezing, and summers are pleasantly warm, peaking in July.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in manufacturing, professional and business services, and restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Grand Isle County, the largest workplaces are school districts, among them the Champlain Islands Unified Union School District and the Alburgh School District. The commute is long, and only a small share of people work from home. Unemployment across the county is low and little changed from a year ago, and the county has added a few more jobs than it had the year before.
Things to do. The Richelieu River, a short drive away, is a good place to be near the water. Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, also a short drive away, is protected land set aside for wildlife. For a bit of history, Fort Montgomery is another short drive from town, and North Hero State Park, a short drive away, offers the lake and its shoreline.
Report a mistake
- 186households
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 36 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What people in Grand Isle County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Grand Isle County had 1,408 jobs in 2025, 1.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 28° and lows near 10°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 63°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Chazy weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Grand Isle County
- Champlain Islands Unified Union School District #66School district47FTE
- Alburgh School DistrictSchool district41FTE
- South Hero School DistrictSchool district40FTE
School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Alburgh’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Grand Isle County and the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro.
Alburgh home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Alburgh$317,171
- Vermont$391,900
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Alburgh listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Alburgh18.52%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Alburgh22
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Alburgh7
Zip codes with a Alburgh address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Alburgh — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.