How does Burlington, VT measure up?
We've won a series of awards in recent years from a wide variety of organizations measuring everything from crime to clean air.
#1 Quality of Life: Best overall standard of living.
#1 Safety: Lowest crime rate for all types of crime.
#1 Environment: Best air quality.
#1 Business: Best business climate in the Northeast and highest investment in the manufacturing sector.
#1 Dream Town: Selected for "real life and real jobs."
#1 For Kids: Least stressful metro area for raising children.
#1 Education: Highest percentage of students with disabilities served in regular classrooms or resource rooms.
RECENT AWARDS:
Happiest Cities: Burlington and South Burlington as ranked by WalletHub, 2023
Vermont #1 Best Place to live in the U.S.A in 2022 as ranked by CNBC
#1 Best State to Live in America, CNBC, 2018
Best City for Entrepreneurs, Livability.com, 2017
PAST AWARDS:
Voted #1 Best Place to Raise a Family, Men's Health Magazine, 2014
Vermont #1 for Healthy Eating & Exercise - Gallup Poll, March 2014
Burlington Ranked #10 Among Top 12 College Towns for Commuting on Foot by The SpareFoot Blog, Aug 2014
Burlington, VT: Top Ten Tech Hubs: Techie.com's Most Promising Tech Hubs to Watch in 2014
#2 of "10 Great Places to Live, 2013" as rated by Kiplinger's
America's Best Adventure Towns as ranked by National Geographic - Dec 2011
Forbes: America's Best Downtowns!
Vermont Ranked Healthiest State in the Nation for Fifth Straight Year - Reuters Dec 2011
Burlington, VT metro area ranked happiest small city (population under 300,000) in Gallup Poll survey- March 2011.
Vermont Ranked Greenest State in the Nation on a Survey of Pollution, Energy Use and Policy in all 50 States conducted by 24/7 Wall St website in 2010.
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