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Mount Tabor vs Salisbury vs Mendon
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 most expensive homes ($421k median).
Salisbury has the most affordable homes ($307k median).
Mendon has the most people working from home (22.5%).
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 | Mount Tabor | Salisbury | Mendon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | |||
| People | |||
| Population | 304Lowest |
1,200Highest |
1,113 |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | — | +7.5%Lowest VT: +2.8% |
+8.5%Highest VT: +2.8% |
| Median age | 57.8±10.6Highest 34% above VT |
50.6±6.5Lowest 17% above VT |
53.4±10.5 24% above VT |
| Mount Tabor and Mendon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Kids under 18 | 10.2%±6.1Lowest VT: 17.9% |
16.6%±3.2Highest VT: 17.9% |
14.6%±5.2 VT: 17.9% |
| Salisbury and Mendon 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% |
30.4%±2.9 VT: 21.4% |
29%±1.3Lowest VT: 21.4% |
| Mount Tabor and Salisbury 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% |
34.6%Lowest VT: 43.8% |
49.4%Highest VT: 43.8% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 1.6%±4Lowest VT: 7% |
1.6%±1.1Lowest VT: 7% |
3.1%±2.1Highest VT: 7% |
| Mendon and Mount Tabor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Cost of living | |||
| Household incomemedian | — | $99,688±$21kLowest 23% above VT |
$100,524±$23kHighest 24% above VT |
| Mendon and Salisbury 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 |
$306,900±$51kLowest 3% below VT |
$357,000±$44k 13% above VT |
| Mount Tabor and Mendon 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 |
$1,443±$984 17% above VT |
$1,230±$651Lowest about the VT average |
| Mount Tabor and Salisbury 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 |
$4,842Lowest 4% below VT |
$5,342Highest 6% above VT |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 0%±100Lowest VT: 48.4% |
31.9%±22.6 VT: 48.4% |
88.6%±42.7Highest VT: 48.4% |
| Mendon and Salisbury 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% |
4.6%Lowest VT: 10.1% |
8.2% VT: 10.1% |
| Housing | |||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 92.3%Highest VT: 73.2% |
88.7%Lowest VT: 73.2% |
92.2% VT: 73.2% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1946Lowest 30 yrs older than VT |
1967 9 yrs older than VT |
1977Highest 1 yr newer than VT |
| Getting to work | |||
| Average commuteone way | 46 minHighest 94% above VT |
19 min 20% below VT |
17 minLowest 28% below VT |
| Work from home | 10.4%±8.7 VT: 16.9% |
6%±2.2Lowest VT: 16.9% |
22.5%±8.9Highest VT: 16.9% |
| Mendon and Mount Tabor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Schools | |||
| School district | — | Addison Central Unified Union School District #55 | — |
| High school in town | — | None in town | — |
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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.