The 10 Whitest Cities In Vermont For 2022


We used science and data to determine which cities in Vermont are whiter than wonder bread.

You're at your local Whole Foods shopping for kale chips and asparagus water, trying to work out if you'll have time to stop at the Pottery Barn before you head to your yoga class taught by a girl named Sage. It hits you: you're leading the whitest life imaginable.

But does that mean the city you live in is one of the whitest places in Vermont?

Don't worry, we've figured it out for you. Using actual census data combined with our favorite white people stereotypes (as confirmed by the internet), we can determine which cities are the whitest of the white in Green Mountain State.

After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in Vermont for 2022.

Here are the 10 whites places in Vermont for 2022:

  1. Rutland
  2. St. Albans
  3. Montpelier
  4. Barre
  5. South Burlington
  6. Burlington
  7. Winooski
  8. Essex Junction

What is the whitest city in Vermont for 2022? According to the most recent census data Rutland ranks as the whitest. If you're wondering, Essex Junction is the least white city of all those we measured.

Read on below to see where your hometown ranked and why. Or check out the whitest states in America and the most diverse states in America.

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The 10 Whitest Cities In Vermont For 2022

1. Rutland

Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 15,207
% White: 93.6%
More on Rutland: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Rutland, VT

2. St. Albans

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 6,796
% White: 92.63%
More on St. Albans: Real Estate | Data | Photos

St. Albans, VT

3. Montpelier

Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Population: 7,434
% White: 92.0%
More on Montpelier: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Montpelier, VT

4. Barre

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 8,590
% White: 91.46%
More on Barre: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Barre, VT

5. South Burlington

Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Population: 19,359
% White: 84.53%
More on South Burlington: Real Estate | Data | Photos

South Burlington, VT

6. Burlington

Overall SnackAbility

7.5
/10

Population: 42,645
% White: 82.63%
More on Burlington: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Burlington, VT

7. Winooski

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 7,320
% White: 81.8%
More on Winooski: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Winooski, VT

8. Essex Junction

Overall SnackAbility

7.5
/10

Population: 10,761
% White: 81.41%
More on Essex Junction: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Essex Junction, VT

Methodology: How we determined the whitest places in Vermont for 2022

In order to rank the whitest places in Vermont, we had to determine what measurable criteria defines whiteness.

Obviously we had to count how many white people living there, specifically the percentage of white people living in each city in Vermont.

Specifically, we looked at table B03002: Hispanic OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE. Here are the category names as defined by the Census:

  • Hispanic or Latino
  • White alone*
  • Black or African American alone*
  • American Indian and Alaska Native alone*
  • Asian alone*
  • Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone*
  • Some other race alone*
  • Two or more races*
* Not Hispanic or latino

Our particular column of interest here was the number of people who identified as White alone.

We limited our analysis to non-CDPs with a population greater than 6,000 people. That left us with 8 cities.

We then calculated the percent of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 93.6% to 81.4%.

Finally, we ranked each city based on the percent of White population with a higher score being more White than a lower score. Rutland took the distinction of being the most White, while Essex Junction was the least White city. You can download the data here.

Read on for more information on how the cities in Vermont ranked by population of White residents or, for a more general take on diversity in America, head over to our ranking of the most diverse cities in America.

Summary: White Populations Across Vermont

Measuring the locations with the highest percentage of white people, this list provides accurate information on the whitest places in Vermont according to the most recent data.

If you're curious enough, here are the least White places in Vermont:

  1. Essex Junction
  2. Winooski
  3. Burlington

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Rank City % White Population
1 Rutland 93.6% 15,207
2 St. Albans 92.63% 6,796
3 Montpelier 92.0% 7,434
4 Barre 91.46% 8,590
5 South Burlington 84.53% 19,359
6 Burlington 82.63% 42,645
7 Winooski 81.8% 7,320
8 Essex Junction 81.41% 10,761

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Editor's Note: We updated this article for 2022. This is our ninth time ranking the whitest cities in Vermont.
About Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

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