St. Albans, Vermont

Population

Growing. Up 1.6% since 2020.

6,939

people, the 8th-largest of Vermont's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Vermont's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

8 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.

84.3%

of 4,679 jobs located in St. Albans are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 56% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,150

a month. Vermont's median is $1,234.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $532.

A $532 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Franklin County.

• $1,097 Tract 110
• $1,629 Tract 109

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$1,225–$1,837

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,150 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 160 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
• 78% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 91% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.4–1.4% to the 3,324 homes here.

14–47

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 17% less than Vermont's.

$263,400

median home value in St. Albans.

• $263,400 St. Albans
• $316,600 Vermont
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year