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Windsor vs Middlesex vs Highgate
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Vermont.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Windsor has the most renters (42.2% rent).
Middlesex has grown the fastest since 2010 (+2.8%).
Highgate has the youngest population (median age 44).
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 | Windsor | Middlesex | Highgate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | |||
| People | |||
| Population | 3,554Highest |
1,943Lowest |
3,528 |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | +0.2% VT: +2.8% |
+2.8%Highest VT: +2.8% |
-1.8%Lowest VT: +2.8% |
| Median age | 44.8±6.5Highest 4% above VT |
44.4±3.9 3% above VT |
44±7.4Lowest about the VT average |
| Windsor and Middlesex are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Kids under 18 | 19.5%±5.2 VT: 17.9% |
21.3%±3.1Highest VT: 17.9% |
15.8%±5.3Lowest VT: 17.9% |
| Middlesex and Windsor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Age 65+ | 29.7%±6.9Highest VT: 21.4% |
20.6%±3.7Lowest VT: 21.4% |
22.2%±5.2 VT: 21.4% |
| Windsor and Highgate are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 39.7% VT: 43.8% |
54.7%Highest VT: 43.8% |
19.5%Lowest VT: 43.8% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 0.7%±0.8Lowest VT: 7% |
5.2%±2.6Highest VT: 7% |
2.6%±2.1 VT: 7% |
| Middlesex and Highgate are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Cost of living | |||
| Household incomemedian | $52,484±$11kLowest 35% below VT |
$109,632±$13kHighest 35% above VT |
$81,017±$14k about the VT average |
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $207,500±$31kLowest 34% below VT |
$376,300±$40kHighest 19% above VT |
$280,500±$21k 11% below VT |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,026±$89 17% below VT |
$1,333±$359Highest 8% above VT |
$895±$691Lowest 27% below VT |
| Middlesex and Windsor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $5,209 3% above VT |
$6,483Highest 29% above VT |
$3,558Lowest 29% below VT |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 31.5%±17Highest VT: 48.4% |
0%±100Lowest VT: 48.4% |
30.5%±11.3 VT: 48.4% |
| Windsor and Highgate are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Below poverty line | 7.8% VT: 10.1% |
3.8%Lowest VT: 10.1% |
8.1%Highest VT: 10.1% |
| Housing | |||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 57.8%Lowest VT: 73.2% |
96.7%Highest VT: 73.2% |
80.7% VT: 73.2% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1945Lowest 31 yrs older than VT |
1986Highest 10 yrs newer than VT |
1980 4 yrs newer than VT |
| Getting to work | |||
| Average commuteone way | 23 minLowest 3% below VT |
27 min 17% above VT |
31 minHighest 32% above VT |
| Work from home | 10.3%±5Lowest VT: 16.9% |
28.4%±10.7Highest VT: 16.9% |
14.9%±7.2 VT: 16.9% |
| Middlesex and Highgate 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 | #61 of 70 in VT | — | #43 of 70 in VT |
| School district | — | Washington Central Unified Union School District #92 | Missisquoi Valley School District #89 |
| High school in town | — | None in town | Missisquoi Valley Union High School |
| Students per teacherat that high school | — | — | 9.8 |
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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.