town2town
bringing fiscal data home
How much does Waterville spend on its schoolchildren? What is the effective income tax rate for the residents of Manchester? What’s the median family income in Hardwick or Norwich?
Our new interactive feature, town2town, lets you zoom in to get fiscal and economic facts about your town. You can also check out neighboring towns, your in-laws’ town, the governor’s town, or the entire state of Vermont.
Public Assets is starting with a single item—the percentage of their aggregate income residents of each town pay in income taxes, which is also known as the effective tax rate.
Periodically, we will add new data (and refresh old data) to fill out the profile of your community.
School Taxes Based on Income, 2011
Since 1998, Vermont residents have had two options for calculating the school taxes on their primary residence. They may base their payment either on the…
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Where the Roads Go
It’s hard not to be awestruck by the damage Irene did to Vermont’s roads and bridges. It’s also been sobering to see how much disruption…
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Where Vermonters are Working,
Where They’re Not
Statewide, Vermont’s annual average unemployment rate in 2010 was 6.2 percent. That was the second-lowest rate in New England—just behind New Hampshire—and 3.4 percentage points…
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Where They’re Not
Getting to the Polls
Vermont’s voter registration is good: about 90 percent of the voting-age population. But turnout isn’t so hot. In the general election last fall, just 54…
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Federal Stimulus Money at Work
Vermont has been awarded $991 million in contracts, grants, and loans since February 2009 through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly known as…
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More Vermonters Are Relying on 3SquaresVT
The number of Vermonters relying on foods stamps has more than doubled in the last six years. Some of the increase was due to a…
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Family Median Adjusted Gross Income
Vermont has long had a progressive income tax. On the principle that those who benefit most from society should pay more to support it and…
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Income-based School Tax Map
Many Vermonters have a choice when it comes to calculating their school taxes. For the taxes on their primary residence and up to two…
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Effective State Income Tax Map
Vermont has a progressive income tax system: the tax rate increases as income increases. For example, income up to $56,700 is taxed at 3.55 percent,…
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