Nationwide zoning research

Cities & towns across the United States

Explore 34,006 incorporated places, Census-designated communities, and legally recognized towns. Choose a location to preview the research available, then order its zoning report.

U.S. Census Gazetteer · 2025

VT directory

Vermont cities & towns

312 places

AddisontownAlbanyvillageAlburghvillageAlgierscommunityAndovertownArlingtoncommunityAscutneycommunityAthenstownBakersfieldcommunityBaltimoretownBarnardtownBarnetcommunityBarrecityBartonvillageBeecher FallscommunityBellows FallsvillageBelvideretownBenningtoncommunityBensoncommunityBerkshiretownBerlintownBethelcommunityBloomfieldtownBoltoncommunityBolton ValleycommunityBradfordcommunityBraintreetownBrandoncommunityBrattleborocommunityBridgewatertownBridporttownBrightontownBristolcommunityBrookfieldtownBrooklinetownBrowningtontownBrunswicktownBurketownBurlingtoncityCabotcommunityCalaistownCambridgevillageCanaancommunityCastletoncommunityCastleton Four CornerscommunityCavendishcommunityCharlestontownCharlottetownChelseacommunityChestercommunityChimney HillcommunityChittendencommunityClarendontownColchestertownConcordcommunityCorinthtownCornwalltownCoventrycommunityCraftsburytownDanbycommunityDanvillecommunityDerbytownDerby CentervillageDerby LinevillageDorsetcommunityDovertownDummerstontownDuxburytownEast BarrecommunityEast BurkecommunityEast CharlottecommunityEast DorsetcommunityEast HaventownEast MiddleburycommunityEast MontpeliercommunityEast PoultneycommunityEdentownElmoretownEnosburg FallsvillageEnosburghtownEssextownEssex JunctioncityFair HavencommunityFairfaxcommunityFairfieldtownFairleecommunityFaystontownFerrisburghtownFletchertownFranklintownGeorgiatownGilmancommunityGlovercommunityGoshentownGraftoncommunityGranbytownGrand IsletownGranitevillecommunityGranvilletownGreensborocommunityGreensboro BendcommunityGrotoncommunityGuildhalltownGuilfordtownHalifaxtownHancocktownHanksvillecommunityHardwickcommunityHarmonyvillecommunityHartfordtownHartford VillagecommunityHartlandcommunityHighgatetownHighgate CentercommunityHighgate SpringscommunityHinesburgcommunityHollandtownHubbardtontownHuntingtoncommunityHuntington CentercommunityHyde ParkvillageIratownIrasburgcommunityIsland PondcommunityIsle La MottetownJacksonvillevillageJamaicacommunityJaytownJeffersonvillevillageJerichovillageJericho CentercommunityJohnsonvillageKillingtontownKillington VillagecommunityKirbytownLandgrovetownLeicestertownLemingtontownLincolncommunityLondonderrycommunityLowellcommunityLudlowvillageLunenburgcommunityLyndoncommunityLyndon CentercommunityLyndonvillecommunityMaidstonetownManchestervillageManchester CentercommunityMarlborotownMarshfieldvillageMendontownMiddleburycommunityMiddlesextownMiddletown SpringscommunityMiltoncommunityMonktontownMontgomerytownMontpeliercityMoretowntownMorgantownMorristowntownMorrisvillevillageMount HollytownMount TabortownNew HavencommunityNewarktownNewburyvillageNewfanevillageNewportcityNewport CentercommunityNorth BenningtonvillageNorth ClarendoncommunityNorth HartlandcommunityNorth HerotownNorth Hyde ParkcommunityNorth PownalcommunityNorth SpringfieldcommunityNorth TroyvillageNorth WestminstercommunityNorthfieldcommunityNortontownNorwichcommunityOld BenningtonvillageOrangetownOrleansvillageOrwelltownPantontownPawletcommunityPeachamcommunityPerutownPittsfieldtownPittsfordcommunityPlainfieldcommunityPlymouthtownPomfrettownPoultneyvillagePownalcommunityPownal CentercommunityProctorcommunityProctorsvillecommunityPutneycommunityQuecheecommunityRandolphcommunityReadingtownReadsborocommunityRichfordcommunityRichmondcommunityRiptontownRochestercommunityRockinghamtownRoxburytownRoyaltontownRuperttownRutlandcityRyegatetownSalisburytownSandgatetownSaxtons RivervillageSearsburgtownShaftsburytownSharontownSheffieldcommunityShelburnecommunitySheldontownShorehamtownShrewsburytownSouth BarrecommunitySouth BurlingtoncitySouth HerocommunitySouth LincolncommunitySouth LondonderrycommunitySouth RoyaltoncommunitySouth ShaftsburycommunitySouth WoodstockcommunitySpringfieldcommunitySt. AlbanscitySt. GeorgecommunitySt. JohnsburycommunityStamfordcommunityStannardtownStarksborotownStockbridgetownStowecommunityStraffordtownStrattontownStratton MountaincommunitySudburytownSunderlandtownSuttoncommunitySwantonvillageThetfordtownTinmouthtownTopshamtownTownshendcommunityTroycommunityTunbridgetownUnderhilltownUnderhill CentercommunityUnderhill FlatscommunityVergennescityVernontownVershiretownVictorytownWaitsfieldcommunityWaldentownWallingfordcommunityWalthamtownWardsborocommunityWarrentownWashingtontownWaterburycommunityWaterbury CentercommunityWaterfordtownWatervilletownWeathersfieldtownWebstervillecommunityWellscommunityWells RivervillageWest BrattleborocommunityWest BurkevillageWest CharlottecommunityWest DummerstoncommunityWest FairleetownWest HaventownWest PawletcommunityWest RutlandcommunityWest WindsortownWest WoodstockcommunityWestfieldtownWestfordcommunityWestminstervillageWestmoretownWestoncommunityWeybridgetownWheelocktownWhite River JunctioncommunityWhitingtownWhitinghamcommunityWildercommunityWilliamstowncommunityWillistontownWilmingtoncommunityWindhamtownWindsorcommunityWinhalltownWinooskicityWolcottcommunityWoodburytownWoodfordtownWoodstockvillageWorcestercommunity

Research context

How zoning works in Vermont

Vermont zoning is local enough that a statewide search result can be misleading, but state law still shapes the rules every municipality can write. This hub collects 312 cities where Zonloty has a town-level report, then adds the state-level context investors should keep in mind before comparing districts, setbacks, ADU rules, or approval paths. The most useful reading is comparative: look for patterns in how cities regulate housing types, commercial corridors, industrial land, and board-level discretion. Use it as a starting point for market screening, not as a substitute for a parcel-specific zoning determination.

Home-rule authority gives many municipalities room to write detailed land-use controls, but that authority still sits inside statewide planning, subdivision, housing, and environmental statutes. The practical result is local variation: one city may handle ADUs, duplexes, mixed-use districts, and site-plan review administratively, while a nearby suburb may use conditional approvals, larger minimum lots, or more discretionary board review.

Do not assume a parcel near a city is governed by city zoning. Many states rely on municipal limits, county jurisdiction, special districts, or annexation procedures rather than broad city ETJ zoning. For any edge-of-town site, verify the incorporated status, county zoning map, utility provider, road access, floodplain administrator, and any recorded development agreements.

ADU and missing-middle rules are more likely to be shaped by statewide housing preemption here than in purely local-control states. Local governments may still regulate objective standards such as height, setbacks, lot coverage, utilities, design, short-term rental use, and building code compliance, but they may have less freedom to ban ADUs outright or require discretionary approval for every small secondary unit.

For acquisition work, compare the listed city reports below against local zoning maps, planning board agendas, recent amendments, and comprehensive-plan language. The strongest opportunities usually appear where the code, infrastructure, and political direction all point the same way.