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Mount Tabor vs Proctor vs Enosburgh vs Peru

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).
Proctor has the shortest commute (22 min average).
Enosburgh has the youngest population (median age 40.6).
Peru has the most people working from home (13.3%).

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 TaborProctorEnosburghPeru
People
Population
304Lowest
1,794
2,804Highest
434
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census —
+1.3%
VT: +2.8%
— —
Median age
57.8±10.6Highest
34% above VT
42.4±6.4
about the VT average
40.6±3.9Lowest
6% below VT
45.3±8.6
5% above VT
Mount Tabor and Peru 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%
21.8%±4.4Highest
VT: 17.9%
21%±4.2
VT: 17.9%
8.5%±5.9Lowest
VT: 17.9%
Proctor and Enosburgh 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%
22.4%±2.5
VT: 21.4%
17.9%±3.3Lowest
VT: 21.4%
21.4%±5
VT: 21.4%
Mount Tabor and Proctor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+
34.9%
VT: 43.8%
28.1%
VT: 43.8%
20.1%Lowest
VT: 43.8%
54.3%Highest
VT: 43.8%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents
1.6%±4Lowest
VT: 7%
3.6%±1.7
VT: 7%
5.4%±2.4Highest
VT: 7%
1.8%±3.2
VT: 7%
Enosburgh and Proctor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian —
$74,167±$12k
9% below VT
$63,828±$17kLowest
21% below VT
$151,875±$83kHighest
87% above VT
Peru and Proctor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied
$420,500±$76kHighest
33% above VT
$209,900±$17kLowest
34% below VT
$223,100±$39k
30% below VT
$400,000±$105k
26% above VT
Mount Tabor and Peru 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
$1,029±$202
17% below VT
$852±$87Lowest
31% below VT
$1,271±$820
about the VT average
Mount Tabor and Peru are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly
$5,233Highest
4% above VT
$4,032
20% below VT
$3,624Lowest
28% below VT
$5,000
about the VT average
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent
0%±100Lowest
VT: 48.4%
37.3%±16.2
VT: 48.4%
48.9%±11.2Highest
VT: 48.4%
29%±47.8
VT: 48.4%
Enosburgh and Proctor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line
11%
VT: 10.1%
16.2%Highest
VT: 10.1%
13.9%
VT: 10.1%
1.8%Lowest
VT: 10.1%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes
92.3%Highest
VT: 73.2%
86.7%
VT: 73.2%
75.7%Lowest
VT: 73.2%
79%
VT: 73.2%
Typical home builtmedian year
1946
30 yrs older than VT
1938Lowest
38 yrs older than VT
1972
4 yrs older than VT
1981Highest
5 yrs newer than VT
Getting to work
Average commuteone way
46 minHighest
94% above VT
22 minLowest
6% below VT
32 min
36% above VT
28 min
19% above VT
Work from home
10.4%±8.7
VT: 16.9%
9.4%±4.6Lowest
VT: 16.9%
10.1%±4.4
VT: 16.9%
13.3%±16.4Highest
VT: 16.9%
Peru and Mount Tabor 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 — — #26 of 70 in VT —
School district — Quarry Valley Unified Union School District #70 Enosburgh-Richford Unified Union School District #88 —
High school in town — Proctor Junior/Senior High School Enosburg Falls Middle/High School —
Students per teacherat that high school —
8.7Lowest
10.4Highest
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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.