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Morristown vs Plainfield vs Calais
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Vermont.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Morristown has the most renters (35% rent).
Plainfield has the oldest housing (typical home built 1955).
Calais has the highest household income ($101k).
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 | Morristown | Plainfield | Calais |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | |||
| People | |||
| Population | 5,722Highest |
1,314Lowest |
1,713 |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | +4%Highest VT: +2.8% |
-0.6%Lowest VT: +2.8% |
+3.4% VT: +2.8% |
| Median age | 47.8±4.6 11% above VT |
48.1±5.5Highest 12% above VT |
42±8.6Lowest about the VT average |
| Plainfield and Morristown are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Kids under 18 | 11.5%±3Lowest VT: 17.9% |
16.3%±4.7 VT: 17.9% |
22.5%±5.4Highest VT: 17.9% |
| Calais and Plainfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Age 65+ | 25.5%±5.2Highest VT: 21.4% |
21.1%±3.5Lowest VT: 21.4% |
21.6%±5.2 VT: 21.4% |
| Morristown and Calais are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 40.7%Lowest VT: 43.8% |
48.2% VT: 43.8% |
55.4%Highest VT: 43.8% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 5.6%±2.7 VT: 7% |
2.1%±1.3Lowest VT: 7% |
7.4%±3.4Highest VT: 7% |
| Calais and Morristown are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Cost of living | |||
| Household incomemedian | $66,273±$5kLowest 18% below VT |
$69,250±$31k 15% below VT |
$100,625±$27kHighest 24% above VT |
| Calais and Plainfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $298,600±$48kLowest 6% below VT |
$318,400±$34k about the VT average |
$390,300±$36kHighest 23% above VT |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,214±$123 about the VT average |
$1,153±$103Lowest 7% below VT |
$1,408±$392Highest 14% above VT |
| Calais and Morristown are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $4,838 4% below VT |
$4,806Lowest 5% below VT |
$6,586Highest 31% above VT |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 40%±12.7Lowest VT: 48.4% |
73.2%±53.9Highest VT: 48.4% |
49%±38.3 VT: 48.4% |
| Plainfield and Calais are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Below poverty line | 9.8% VT: 10.1% |
11.6%Highest VT: 10.1% |
8.8%Lowest VT: 10.1% |
| Housing | |||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 65%Lowest VT: 73.2% |
80.9% VT: 73.2% |
92.4%Highest VT: 73.2% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1979Highest 3 yrs newer than VT |
1955Lowest 21 yrs older than VT |
1976 same as VT |
| Getting to work | |||
| Average commuteone way | 21 minLowest 10% below VT |
24 min about the VT average |
31 minHighest 32% above VT |
| Work from home | 11%±4.2Lowest VT: 16.9% |
16.4%±4.4 VT: 16.9% |
23.4%±7.1Highest VT: 16.9% |
| Calais and Plainfield 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 | #35 of 70 in VT | — | — |
| School district | Elmore-Morristown Unified Union School District #90 | — | Washington Central Unified Union School District #92 |
| High school in town | Peoples Academy | — | None in town |
| Students per teacherat that high school | 12.4 |
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| Old photos in Our Story | None yet | None yet | None yet |
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.