Cost of Living in Waterbury
Waterbury's cost of living carries a real, disclosed housing-price uncertainty this record does not paper over, alongside Vermont's real statewide tax structure.
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Learn moreA real, unusually wide housing-price spread
Zillow's cited $518,334 average home value, Redfin's separately-cited $297K median sale price, and a third source's $510K median listing price form a real, disclosed, wide spread (base record).
Vermont's real, graduated statewide income tax applies
A five-bracket structure (3.35%-8.75% top marginal) applies in Waterbury as statewide (base record).
Property tax runs at parity with the disclosed Vermont statewide median
Waterbury's own 1.91% Ownwell-cited effective rate runs essentially at parity with that source's own cited 1.92% Vermont state median (base record).
Real ZIP-code-level tax variation within Waterbury
Ownwell disclosed a real, substantial spread in median annual tax bills within Waterbury itself, from $4,335 to $7,993 depending on ZIP code (base record).
Key takeaways
- Waterbury's housing-price citations show a real, unusually wide, disclosed spread across sources.
- Vermont's graduated income tax (up to 8.75%) applies statewide.
- Waterbury's property tax rate runs at parity with the disclosed Vermont statewide median.
- Real, substantial ZIP-code-level tax-bill variation exists within Waterbury itself.
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