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Mount Tabor vs Peru vs Windham vs Winhall

Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Vermont.

What stands out worked out from the figures below

Mount Tabor has the oldest population (median age 57.8).
Peru has the most renters (21% rent).
Windham has the most affordable homes ($354k median).
Winhall has the most expensive homes ($472k median).

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.

MeasureMount TaborPeruWindhamWinhall
People
Population
304Lowest
434
594
752Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — — —
+53.7%
VT: +2.8%
Median age
57.8±10.6Highest
34% above VT
45.3±8.6
5% above VT
44.2±7.4Lowest
about the VT average
48.9±6.1
13% above VT
Mount Tabor and Winhall are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18
10.2%±6.1
VT: 17.9%
8.5%±5.9Lowest
VT: 17.9%
17.5%±7.9Highest
VT: 17.9%
17%±6.8
VT: 17.9%
Windham and Winhall are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+
42.4%±18.1Highest
VT: 21.4%
21.4%±5
VT: 21.4%
23.2%±8.1
VT: 21.4%
20.6%±5.3Lowest
VT: 21.4%
Mount Tabor and Windham are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+
34.9%Lowest
VT: 43.8%
54.3%
VT: 43.8%
48.1%
VT: 43.8%
67.4%Highest
VT: 43.8%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents
1.6%±4
VT: 7%
1.8%±3.2
VT: 7%
0.8%±1.1Lowest
VT: 7%
3.1%±4Highest
VT: 7%
Winhall and Peru are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian —
$151,875±$83kHighest
87% above VT
$94,500±$12kLowest
16% above VT
$95,500±$23k
18% above VT
Peru and Winhall are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied
$420,500±$76k
33% above VT
$400,000±$105k
26% above VT
$353,900±$20kLowest
12% above VT
$471,800±$55kHighest
49% above VT
Winhall and Mount Tabor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Rentmedian gross, monthly
$2,143±$367Highest
74% above VT
$1,271±$820
about the VT average
—
$1,094±$732Lowest
11% below VT
Mount Tabor and Peru are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly
$5,233
4% above VT
$5,000Lowest
about the VT average
$5,951
18% above VT
$6,567Highest
30% above VT
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent
0%±100Lowest
VT: 48.4%
29%±47.8
VT: 48.4%
41.2%±94Highest
VT: 48.4%
37.5%±38.9
VT: 48.4%
Windham and Winhall are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line
11%Highest
VT: 10.1%
1.8%Lowest
VT: 10.1%
9.9%
VT: 10.1%
5.3%
VT: 10.1%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes
92.3%Highest
VT: 73.2%
79%Lowest
VT: 73.2%
82.9%
VT: 73.2%
80.5%
VT: 73.2%
Typical home builtmedian year
1946Lowest
30 yrs older than VT
1981
5 yrs newer than VT
1982Highest
6 yrs newer than VT
1982Highest
6 yrs newer than VT
Getting to work
Average commuteone way
46 minHighest
94% above VT
28 min
19% above VT
27 min
14% above VT
27 minLowest
13% above VT
Work from home
10.4%±8.7Lowest
VT: 16.9%
13.3%±16.4
VT: 16.9%
20.5%±5.6Highest
VT: 16.9%
18.4%±9
VT: 16.9%
Windham and Winhall are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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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.