Living in Wilmington, VT
Windham County
Wilmington is a real, small southern Vermont town in Windham County, with a population of 2,255 as of the 2020 Census (a separate current estimate cites a somewhat lower 2,130). Wilmington serves as the real, genuine gateway community to Mount Snow, a significant ski resort located in neighboring Dover, and Wilmington's own economy runs on a real, significant tourism and second-home/vacation-property base tied to that proximity. Wilmington's housing runs genuinely expensive on its own cited median sale price ($490,000, trailing 12 months) -- above both national and Vermont statewide medians -- though a separate, materially lower assessed-value figure ($213,390) exists, a real, disclosed cross-source spread this record attributes plausibly to a genuine second-home-market sale-price premium. Wilmington also carries a real, disclosed high effective property tax rate (2.23%), above both national and Vermont statewide figures. Wilmington's population skews genuinely older (30.3% over 65), consistent with its tourism/second-home/retirement-draw character.
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Cited Wilmington, VT median sale price of $490,000 (trailing 12 months, up 6% year-over-year), with homes selling after approximately 105 days on market versus a 56-day national average.
Taxes
Not independently sourced at the Windham County level this session. Vermont's top state income tax rate is 8.75%. See the Vermont hub page for the statewide property tax context -- do not treat that figure as Wilmington-specific.
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Pros
A real, genuine gateway position to Mount Snow and the broader southern Vermont ski/outdoor-recreation region; a real, established tourism and hospitality economic base; Vermont's real, current low homeowners insurance costs and strong healthcare/crime rankings (both documented at the state level) apply here as elsewhere in Vermont.
Cons
Genuinely high home sale prices relative to both national and Vermont statewide medians (though a real, disclosed cross-source spread exists on the exact figure); a high local property tax rate (2.23%) above both national and Vermont statewide figures; homes take genuinely longer to sell here than the national average; no confirmed, current, comprehensive local-employer list beyond tourism/hospitality found this pass.
Who this fits
Best for: Best fits movers prioritizing mountain access and outdoor recreation, comfortable with a real tourism/second-home housing market and its associated price premium, and for whom a small, seasonal Windham County town's economy fits their income situation.
Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for movers on a tight housing budget seeking genuinely low prices, or those prioritizing a diversified, non-tourism-dependent year-round job market.
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