Moving to Wilmington: Pros, Cons & What to Know
Moving to Wilmington means moving to a small, real southern Vermont town whose economy and housing market are both shaped directly by its genuine gateway position to Mount Snow.
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Learn moreA real gateway community to Mount Snow
Wilmington is the real, genuine gateway community to Mount Snow, a significant ski resort located in neighboring Dover, VT -- Wilmington's own Route 9/Route 100 village center serves as the primary commercial and lodging hub for visitors to the mountain (base record).
A real, established tourism and second-home economy
Wilmington's economy runs on a real, significant tourism and hospitality base, alongside a genuine second-home/vacation-property market -- reflected directly in the town's own disclosed housing-price divergence and genuinely high senior/second-home-consistent population share (30.3% over 65) (base record).
A small, roughly stable, and genuinely older population
Wilmington's population runs small (2,255 per the 2020 Census, with a separate lower current estimate of 2,130) and skews genuinely older than a typical small town, consistent with its tourism/second-home/retirement-draw character (base record).
Genuinely high housing costs and property taxes
Wilmington's home prices run genuinely high relative to national and Vermont statewide figures (cited between $213,390 and $490,000 depending on source), and Wilmington's own property tax rate (2.23%) runs above both national and Vermont statewide medians (base record).
Key takeaways
- Wilmington is the real gateway community to Mount Snow, a significant ski resort in neighboring Dover, VT.
- A real tourism and second-home economy anchors Wilmington's local economic base.
- Wilmington's population is small, roughly stable, and skews genuinely older than a typical small town.
- Home prices and property taxes both run genuinely high in Wilmington relative to national and Vermont statewide figures.
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