Compare towns
Mendon vs Middlebury vs Chittenden
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Vermont.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Mendon has the most people working from home (22.5%).
Middlebury has the youngest population (median age 31.8).
Chittenden has the highest household income ($106k).
Middlebury is a college town. 32.6% of residents are enrolled in college, which pulls its median age, poverty rate and renter figures away from what a year-round family would see.
What matters to you?
Pick a few. We’ll pull those rows to the top and mark which town comes out ahead on each. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.
| Measure | Mendon | Middlebury | Chittenden |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | |||
| People | |||
| Population | 1,113Lowest |
9,175Highest |
1,318 |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | +8.5%Highest VT: +2.8% |
+7.7% VT: +2.8% |
-1.7%Lowest VT: +2.8% |
| Median age | 53.4±10.5Highest 24% above VT |
31.8±3.7Lowest 26% below VT |
50.8±6.3 18% above VT |
| Mendon and Chittenden are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Kids under 18 | 14.6%±5.2Highest VT: 17.9% |
11.6%±1.9Lowest VT: 17.9% |
13.8%±2.5 VT: 17.9% |
| Mendon and Chittenden are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Age 65+ | 29%±1.3Highest VT: 21.4% |
20.7%±2.6Lowest VT: 21.4% |
21.8%±4 VT: 21.4% |
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 49.4%Lowest VT: 43.8% |
55.4%Highest VT: 43.8% |
51.5% VT: 43.8% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 3.1%±2.1Lowest VT: 7% |
32.6%±1.1Highest VT: 7% |
3.8%±1.6 VT: 7% |
| Cost of living | |||
| Household incomemedian | $100,524±$23k 24% above VT |
$86,169±$16kLowest 6% above VT |
$106,250±$28kHighest 31% above VT |
| Chittenden and Mendon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $357,000±$44k 13% above VT |
$409,700±$30kHighest 29% above VT |
$346,800±$35kLowest 10% above VT |
| Middlebury and Mendon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,230±$651Highest about the VT average |
$1,156±$113 6% below VT |
$1,125±$488Lowest 9% below VT |
| Mendon and Middlebury are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $5,342Lowest 6% above VT |
$6,868Highest 36% above VT |
$5,346 6% above VT |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 88.6%±42.7Highest VT: 48.4% |
50.9%±14.4 VT: 48.4% |
14.8%±55.7Lowest VT: 48.4% |
| Mendon and Middlebury are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Below poverty line | 8.2% VT: 10.1% |
10.7%Highest VT: 10.1% |
6.6%Lowest VT: 10.1% |
| Housing | |||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 92.2% VT: 73.2% |
65.1%Lowest VT: 73.2% |
93.5%Highest VT: 73.2% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1977 1 yr newer than VT |
1976Lowest same as VT |
1980Highest 4 yrs newer than VT |
| Getting to work | |||
| Average commuteone way | 17 min 28% below VT |
16 minLowest 33% below VT |
28 minHighest 21% above VT |
| Work from home | 22.5%±8.9Highest VT: 16.9% |
18.8%±4.1 VT: 16.9% |
15%±3.6Lowest VT: 16.9% |
| Mendon and Middlebury are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Schools | |||
| Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading | — | #17 of 70 in VT | — |
| School district | — | Patricia Hannaford Career Center · Addison Central Unified Union School District #55 | Barstow Unified Union School District #49 |
| High school in town | — | Middlebury Union High School | None in town |
| Students per teacherat that high school | — | 12.6 |
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VT average · Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024; 2010 & 2020 decennial census; NCES Common Core of Data. “±” is the Census margin of error. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. School rank compares math and reading proficiency against the state average.