Highgate, Vermont.
Typical home $342,318 (+1.8% in a year). Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$988 (+122%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,140 +2%
- $336,177$342,318 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $69,067 +25%
- $273,251$342,318 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.
- Highgate$1,797
- Vermont$2,057
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Highgate, VT rose 1.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Highgate, Franklin County, Vermont
Highgate is a town of 3,472 people in Franklin County. Half its households earn more than $81,017 a year and half less, against $81,313 across Franklin County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Franklin County was 2.9% in August 2026, and the county had 3.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Highgate is a small Vermont town in Franklin County, with a household income close to the county's and typical home values that sit well within reach of many buyers. Winters are cold and long, with January the coldest month, and the snowfall is heavy compared with most of the country. Summers are mild and pleasantly warm, and precipitation is steady through the year. Most adults do not hold a four-year degree, and a good number of residents work from home.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Franklin County, some of the largest workplaces are Northwestern Medical Center, Maple Run Unified Union School District and Mylan Technologies. The commute is on the long side, and the county has seen fewer jobs than the year before, though unemployment there has stayed about where it was a year earlier.
Things to do. Lake Carmi is a lake a short drive away, and the Rock River runs in or beside town. Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area, is also a short drive from town. For a longer outing, Fort Montgomery is a fort a longer drive away.
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- 1,470households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 31 mintypical commute
- 15%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Franklin County had 16,625 jobs in 2025, 3.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 25° and lows near 8°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 61°. About 80 inches of snow and 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the St. Albans Radio weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Franklin County
- Northwestern Medical CenterGeneral hospital566FTE
- Maple Run Unified Union School District #57School district510FTE
- Mylan TechnologiesPharmaceutical preparations manufacturing389
- Missisquoi Valley School District #89School district388FTE
- Peerless ClothingCustom tailors, men's and boys' suits, cut and sewn from purchased fabric313
- Barry Callebaut USAChocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans262
- Enosburgh-Richford Unified Union School District #88School district247FTE
- WalmartDiscount department stores223
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 37 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,243 people in all across the county; Highgate has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts 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
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Franklin County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. 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 Franklin County and the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro.
Highgate home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Highgate$342,318
- Vermont$391,900
- United States$366,157
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Highgate14
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Highgate address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Highgate — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.