Home prices in South Burlington run 17% above the national median: $490,000 versus $420,000. Relative to the $82,000 median household income here, the price-to-income ratio comes out to 6.0x.
South Burlington's 1.8% property tax rate runs above the 1.1% national average. That's $735/month on the median home here, not a rounding error against the mortgage payment.
Unlike the nine no-income-tax states, Vermont taxes wage income. Worth running your actual take-home pay against the $3,493/month payment here before locking in a target price.
Day-to-day expenses in South Burlington track at 120 against the national 100 baseline, above average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
South Burlington's median home price runs 11% lower than nearby Burlington: $550,000 there versus $490,000 here.