City comparison
Alpharetta, GA is about 950 miles (1,500 km) from Burlington, VT in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,200 miles, or about 19 hours behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Alpharetta, GA to Burlington, VT takes about 1 h 52 min, covering roughly 950 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Alpharetta, GA is on Central Time and Burlington, VT is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Alpharetta, it's 1 p.m. in Burlington, which puts Alpharetta 1 hours behind.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
Alpharetta has a population of 65,884, vs 44,646 in Burlington — about 1.5× larger by population. By land area, Alpharetta covers about 27 sq mi vs 10 sq mi for Burlington.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Alpharetta | Burlington | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,767/mo | $1,540/mo | 14.7% higher in Alpharetta |
| Median home value | $562,000 | $383,300 | 46.6% higher in Alpharetta |
| Median household income | $141,402 | $64,931 | 117.8% higher in Alpharetta |
| Groceries index | 100.3 | 97.6 | 2.7% higher in Alpharetta |
| Utilities index | 96.1 | 123.2 | 28.2% higher in Burlington |
| Transportation index | 97.0 | 101.1 | 4.2% higher in Burlington |
| Healthcare index | 96.5 | 101.9 | 5.5% higher in Burlington |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Alpharetta, you'd need $99,971 in Burlington to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Alpharetta and Burlington have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 8% higher in Alpharetta than in Burlington. If you earn $80,000 in Alpharetta, you'd need about $79,977 in Burlington to keep the same standard of living.