VWSUX — Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-26
VWSUX — Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Long Municipal - National Bond · $17.77B AUM · 0.09% expense ratio · 4.0% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
VWSUX Fund Overview
VWSUX — Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds, categorised as Long Municipal - National Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds
- Category: Long Municipal - National Bond
- Assets under management: $17.77B
- 1-year return: 4.0%
- Ticker: VWSUX
- SEC CIK: 0000225997
- SEC series ID: S000002897
- Share class ID: C000007960
VWSUX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund | 1.86% |
| Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | 1.23% |
| Black Belt Energy Gas District | 1.14% |
| Kentucky Public Energy Authority | 1.03% |
| California Community Choice Financing Authority | 0.92% |
| Black Belt Energy Gas District | 0.78% |
| Main Street Natural Gas Inc | 0.74% |
| California Statewide Communities Development Authority | 0.70% |
| Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | 0.62% |
| Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund | 0.58% |
VWSUX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 98.3% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.9% |
VWSUX Performance
Total returns for VWSUX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.9% |
| 1 year | 4.0% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 3.7% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 2.3% |
VWSUX Risk Information
Risk metrics for VWSUX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 0.9%
VWSUX Costs and Fees
VWSUX costs about $9 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.09%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.09%
- Portfolio turnover: 74%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
VWSUX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund had net inflows of $2.46B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$12.42M |
| 2026-03 | $70.97M |
| 2026-02 | $194.71M |
| 2026-01 | $464.32M |
| 2025-12 | $165.10M |
| 2025-11 | $186.92M |
VWSUX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | 1.23% |
| Black Belt Energy Gas District | 1.14% |
| Kentucky Public Energy Authority | 1.03% |
| California Community Choice Financing Authority | 0.92% |
| Black Belt Energy Gas District | 0.78% |
| Main Street Natural Gas Inc | 0.74% |
| California Statewide Communities Development Authority | 0.70% |
| Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | 0.62% |
| Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund | 0.58% |
| Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | 0.58% |
VWSUX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.