| City | Rank | Annual Change ↓ | 2026 Pop. | 2020 Pop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 1 | 6.5% | 2,751 | 1,581 |
| Hartford | 2 | 2.69% | 11,204 | 10,692 |
| Morrisville | 3 | 2.45% | 2,463 | 2,139 |
| Fairfax | 4 | 1.59% | 5,542 | 5,048 |
| Berlin | 5 | 1.59% | 2,995 | 2,866 |
| South Burlington | 6 | 1.56% | 21,728 | 20,242 |
| Salisbury | 7 | 1.51% | 1,281 | 1,219 |
| Brandon | 8 | 1.49% | 4,235 | 4,125 |
| Middlesex | 9 | 1.41% | 1,868 | 1,782 |
| Concord | 10 | 1.38% | 1,175 | 1,139 |
| Shelburne | 11 | 1.35% | 8,243 | 7,765 |
| Lincoln | 12 | 1.29% | 1,418 | 1,334 |
| Morristown | 13 | 1.16% | 6,200 | 5,440 |
| Stowe | 14 | 1.15% | 5,386 | 5,231 |
| Randolph | 15 | 1.09% | 5,012 | 4,770 |
| Monkton | 16 | 0.91% | 2,227 | 2,071 |
| Brighton | 17 | 0.8% | 1,261 | 1,153 |
| Winooski | 18 | 0.78% | 8,303 | 8,052 |
| Danville | 19 | 0.76% | 2,390 | 2,329 |
| Sheldon | 20 | 0.73% | 2,208 | 2,132 |
| Wolcott | 21 | 0.66% | 1,683 | 1,669 |
| Marlboro | 22 | 0.62% | 1,787 | 1,724 |
| Fairfield | 23 | 0.59% | 2,043 | 1,972 |
| St. Albans | 24 | 0.58% | 6,979 | 6,832 |
| Marshfield | 25 | 0.57% | 1,576 | 1,578 |
| Bridport | 26 | 0.56% | 1,258 | 1,226 |
| Duxbury | 27 | 0.55% | 1,452 | 1,406 |
| Lunenburg | 28 | 0.55% | 1,273 | 1,257 |
| Thetford | 29 | 0.52% | 2,878 | 2,775 |
| Grand Isle | 30 | 0.46% | 2,182 | 2,080 |
| Starksboro | 31 | 0.44% | 1,815 | 1,753 |
| Hyde Park | 32 | 0.37% | 2,969 | 3,007 |
| Huntington | 33 | 0.36% | 1,938 | 1,927 |
| Franklin | 34 | 0.35% | 1,430 | 1,376 |
| South Hero | 35 | 0.35% | 1,732 | 1,668 |
| Orwell | 36 | 0.32% | 1,254 | 1,243 |
| Berkshire | 37 | 0.31% | 1,610 | 1,574 |
| Swanton | 38 | 0.29% | 2,387 | 2,348 |
| Essex Junction | 39 | 0.27% | 10,950 | 10,587 |
| Waitsfield | 40 | 0.26% | 1,892 | 1,840 |
| Montgomery | 41 | 0.24% | 1,228 | 1,188 |
| Highgate | 42 | 0.22% | 3,583 | 3,467 |
| Braintree | 43 | 0.16% | 1,228 | 1,205 |
| Vergennes | 44 | 0.16% | 2,563 | 2,550 |
| Shoreham | 45 | 0.16% | 1,286 | 1,249 |
| Swanton | 46 | 0.12% | 6,902 | 6,776 |
| New Haven | 47 | 0.11% | 1,744 | 1,702 |
| Middlebury | 48 | 0.1% | 9,217 | 9,150 |
| Washington | 49 | 0.09% | 1,064 | 1,030 |
| Addison | 50 | 0.07% | 1,353 | 1,356 |
| Calais | 51 | 0% | 1,661 | 1,661 |
| St. Albans | 52 | -0.01% | 7,146 | 7,029 |
| Dover | 53 | -0.05% | 1,826 | 1,799 |
| Waterbury | 54 | -0.07% | 5,430 | 5,329 |
| Mendon | 55 | -0.09% | 1,166 | 1,159 |
| Burke | 56 | -0.12% | 1,644 | 1,650 |
| Bradford | 57 | -0.14% | 2,830 | 2,788 |
| Fletcher | 58 | -0.14% | 1,378 | 1,349 |
| Johnson | 59 | -0.15% | 3,364 | 3,482 |
| Eden | 60 | -0.15% | 1,289 | 1,345 |
| Newbury | 61 | -0.17% | 2,367 | 2,293 |
| Moretown | 62 | -0.17% | 1,754 | 1,756 |
| Wilmington | 63 | -0.18% | 2,276 | 2,250 |
| Bristol | 64 | -0.19% | 3,752 | 3,771 |
| Poultney | 65 | -0.19% | 1,070 | 1,090 |
| Cambridge | 66 | -0.19% | 3,659 | 3,825 |
| Richford | 67 | -0.22% | 2,311 | 2,326 |
| Barre | 68 | -0.22% | 7,983 | 7,928 |
| Cornwall | 69 | -0.23% | 1,287 | 1,210 |
| Lyndon | 70 | -0.27% | 5,613 | 5,488 |
| Sunderland | 71 | -0.28% | 1,055 | 1,056 |
| Fayston | 72 | -0.29% | 1,396 | 1,367 |
| North Bennington | 73 | -0.3% | 1,683 | 1,717 |
| Enosburg Falls | 74 | -0.3% | 1,325 | 1,354 |
| Clarendon | 75 | -0.33% | 2,390 | 2,393 |
| Ferrisburgh | 76 | -0.34% | 2,668 | 2,647 |
| St. Johnsbury | 77 | -0.34% | 7,329 | 7,342 |
| Burlington | 78 | -0.35% | 43,864 | 44,753 |
| Alburgh | 79 | -0.37% | 2,139 | 2,102 |
| Jericho | 80 | -0.38% | 5,037 | 5,106 |
| Georgia | 81 | -0.39% | 4,887 | 4,876 |
| Williston | 82 | -0.39% | 9,936 | 10,155 |
| Castleton | 83 | -0.41% | 4,393 | 4,430 |
| Cabot | 84 | -0.41% | 1,464 | 1,442 |
| Northfield | 85 | -0.41% | 5,849 | 5,898 |
| East Montpelier | 86 | -0.42% | 2,583 | 2,600 |
| Hinesburg | 87 | -0.43% | 4,655 | 4,693 |
| Rutland | 88 | -0.43% | 15,297 | 15,794 |
| West Windsor | 89 | -0.44% | 1,349 | 1,353 |
| Warren | 90 | -0.46% | 1,956 | 1,975 |
| Putney | 91 | -0.47% | 2,563 | 2,615 |
| Barnet | 92 | -0.48% | 1,646 | 1,667 |
| Dummerston | 93 | -0.48% | 1,850 | 1,870 |
| Brattleboro | 94 | -0.49% | 11,814 | 12,163 |
| Montpelier | 95 | -0.54% | 7,781 | 8,059 |
| Corinth | 96 | -0.54% | 1,474 | 1,456 |
| Waterford | 97 | -0.54% | 1,281 | 1,276 |
| Strafford | 98 | -0.55% | 1,086 | 1,092 |
| Bellows Falls | 99 | -0.55% | 2,691 | 2,794 |
| Chelsea | 100 | -0.56% | 1,245 | 1,230 |
| Barre | 101 | -0.56% | 8,168 | 8,469 |
| Hardwick | 102 | -0.58% | 2,933 | 2,912 |
| Killington | 103 | -0.58% | 1,379 | 1,401 |
| Londonderry | 104 | -0.58% | 1,886 | 1,912 |
| Johnson | 105 | -0.6% | 1,318 | 1,360 |
| Newfane | 106 | -0.61% | 1,626 | 1,646 |
| Bakersfield | 107 | -0.61% | 1,299 | 1,295 |
| Williamstown | 108 | -0.62% | 3,554 | 3,520 |
| Essex | 109 | -0.62% | 11,276 | 11,487 |
| Bolton | 110 | -0.63% | 1,269 | 1,294 |
| Brookfield | 111 | -0.63% | 1,268 | 1,255 |
| Orange | 112 | -0.65% | 1,064 | 1,057 |
| Enosburgh | 113 | -0.68% | 2,761 | 2,801 |
| Troy | 114 | -0.7% | 1,691 | 1,724 |
| Newport | 115 | -0.73% | 4,243 | 4,452 |
| Tunbridge | 116 | -0.73% | 1,354 | 1,345 |
| Pittsford | 117 | -0.73% | 2,838 | 2,877 |
| Topsham | 118 | -0.74% | 1,208 | 1,199 |
| Underhill | 119 | -0.75% | 3,048 | 3,140 |
| Milton | 120 | -0.77% | 10,564 | 10,741 |
| Charlotte | 121 | -0.78% | 3,816 | 3,919 |
| Pawlet | 122 | -0.8% | 1,369 | 1,417 |
| Dorset | 123 | -0.8% | 2,096 | 2,138 |
| Poultney | 124 | -0.81% | 2,938 | 3,010 |
| Westminster | 125 | -0.82% | 2,908 | 2,984 |
| Whitingham | 126 | -0.82% | 1,325 | 1,341 |
| Shrewsbury | 127 | -0.82% | 1,083 | 1,100 |
| Rochester | 128 | -0.84% | 1,064 | 1,097 |
| Shaftsbury | 129 | -0.84% | 3,528 | 3,594 |
| Colchester | 130 | -0.87% | 17,413 | 17,502 |
| Woodstock | 131 | -0.88% | 2,944 | 3,003 |
| Pownal | 132 | -0.9% | 3,190 | 3,264 |
| Chester | 133 | -0.91% | 2,928 | 2,982 |
| Fair Haven | 134 | -0.93% | 2,651 | 2,730 |
| Ludlow | 135 | -0.94% | 2,114 | 2,167 |
| Richmond | 136 | -0.95% | 4,064 | 4,157 |
| Arlington | 137 | -0.96% | 2,381 | 2,457 |
| Vernon | 138 | -0.98% | 2,123 | 2,180 |
| Chittenden | 139 | -0.99% | 1,203 | 1,235 |
| Bennington | 140 | -1.01% | 14,802 | 15,301 |
| Westford | 141 | -1.01% | 2,051 | 2,071 |
| Townshend | 142 | -1.03% | 1,246 | 1,283 |
| Wallingford | 143 | -1.06% | 2,058 | 2,128 |
| Rockingham | 144 | -1.06% | 4,647 | 4,846 |
| Proctor | 145 | -1.07% | 1,669 | 1,739 |
| Wells | 146 | -1.09% | 1,182 | 1,210 |
| West Rutland | 147 | -1.09% | 2,176 | 2,210 |
| Mount Holly | 148 | -1.09% | 1,358 | 1,389 |
| Windsor | 149 | -1.1% | 3,426 | 3,544 |
| Derby | 150 | -1.1% | 4,407 | 4,567 |
| Danby | 151 | -1.1% | 1,259 | 1,287 |
| Guilford | 152 | -1.1% | 2,059 | 2,124 |
| Manchester | 153 | -1.11% | 4,364 | 4,482 |
| Springfield | 154 | -1.13% | 8,781 | 9,066 |
| Rutland | 155 | -1.14% | 3,825 | 3,921 |
| Weathersfield | 156 | -1.21% | 2,775 | 2,848 |
| Winhall | 157 | -1.22% | 1,133 | 1,184 |
| Norwich | 158 | -1.23% | 3,533 | 3,614 |
| Sharon | 159 | -1.23% | 1,523 | 1,563 |
| Ryegate | 160 | -1.24% | 1,117 | 1,159 |
| Bethel | 161 | -1.27% | 1,863 | 1,940 |
| Hartland | 162 | -1.29% | 3,354 | 3,450 |
| Cavendish | 163 | -1.31% | 1,355 | 1,394 |
| Craftsbury | 164 | -1.32% | 1,274 | 1,331 |
| Royalton | 165 | -1.34% | 2,656 | 2,739 |
| Brownington | 166 | -1.38% | 1,002 | 1,047 |
| Barton | 167 | -1.39% | 2,694 | 2,865 |
| Glover | 168 | -1.39% | 1,061 | 1,111 |
| Coventry | 169 | -1.42% | 1,044 | 1,095 |
| Irasburg | 170 | -1.42% | 1,182 | 1,238 |
| Plainfield | 171 | -2.13% | 1,192 | 1,235 |
Vermont's cities with over 1,000 residents show varied growth patterns from 2020 to 2025. Newport leads with 6.5% annualized growth, followed by Hartford (2.69%) and Morrisville (2.45%). The largest population centers are Burlington (43,864), South Burlington (21,728), and Colchester (17,413). Of the 171 cities over 1,000 population, 51 are growing while 120 experienced population decline. Overall, cities averaged -0.24% annualized growth, with total urban population growing by 0.17% annually.