Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Cabot’s best subject grade is an A for civic life; its weakest is a C− for cost of living. Of the 72 Vermont towns we compare, none has a lower July high than Cabot. The biggest park or preserve is Molly's Falls Pond State Park, at 1,025 acres. Cabot has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Cabot beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Vermont), ordered by how far Cabot is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 349 in 1800, a low of 349 in 1800, 1,443 in 2020. The archive holds 13 old photos and papers going back to 1780 and 3 maps from 1940 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cabot, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Cabot.
Cabot beats the Vermont average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 26% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Cabot, where Vermont’s towns sit at 30% and U.S. towns at 36%. 28% of Cabot adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Cabot | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Cabot | VT |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with diabetes | 10.7% | 8.8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.3% | 6.3% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 3.8% | 3.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Cabot School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabot SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 150 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VT on state tests and graduation
27% of residents are under 18 in Cabot, above both Vermont’s towns (19%) and U.S. towns (22%). 45% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Cabot. Children under 18 are 27% of residents (18% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (22% statewide).
| Cabot | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 27% | 19% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 45% | 40% | 29% |
| Median age | 40.3 years | 43.7 years | 40.5 years |
Somewhere between 31% and 58% women
The Census survey reached too few of Cabot’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±13.6 points. Across Vermont, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Cabot | VT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.1% | 9.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 20.1% | 8.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8% | 10% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.1% | 11.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14% | 12.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.5% | 14.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.2% | 13% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.9% | 8.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2% | 5.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.6% | 26.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.3% | 15.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.4% | 8.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.1% | 25.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.6% | 18.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
The January low in Cabot is 5°F. Cabot has cold, snowy winters and cool summers, with plenty of rain.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
6.1 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Only 2 of the 72 Vermont towns we compare have a lower trail density than Cabot.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Molly's Falls Pond State Park | — | 1,025 |
| 2. Cabot Common | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Cabot for work: only 9% work in town. Cabot’s average trip to work is 30 minutes. Since 2013, Cabot has added 492 jobs, to 633 in 2023.
| Cabot | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 21% | 15% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.3% | 16% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Cabot home is worth about $352,000, up 7.1% in a year, 10% below the Vermont typical home.
| Cabot | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 84% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,243 a month | $1,135 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1997, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Cabot.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cabot. Close and well known come first.
28 mi MountainMount Mansfield
28 mi LakeLake Willoughby
27 mi Ski areaStowe Mountain Resort144 runs · 2,390 ft vertical
33 mi Ski areaCannon Mountain104 runs · 2,201 ft vertical
35 mi Ski areaSugarbush Resort142 runs · 2,569 ft vertical
27 mi Ski areaSmugglers' Notch Resort110 runs · 2,533 ft verticalMount Mansfield: Original uploader was Calzarette (Joe Calzarette) at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Lake Willoughby: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stowe Mountain Resort: Stevage, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cannon Mountain: Mikespenard at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sugarbush Resort: Mrtrek1701 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Smugglers' Notch Resort: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Cabot; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Cabot residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Vermont.
3 notable people were born in Cabot.
Town in Vermont, United States
Cabot is a six-mile-square town located in the northeast corner of Washington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,443 at the 2020 census. It contains the unincorporated villages of Cabot Village, Cabot Plain, South Cabot (Hookerville), East Cabot, Lower Cabot, and West Hill. There was also a community known as Petersville until property owners there sold a total of 100 acres to Molly’s Falls Electric Light and Power Company, and in 1925 a large dam was constructed on Molly’s Brook (named after Molly, the wife of Indian Joe), that completely flooded the area that had been farms and homes to create what is now known as Molly’s Falls Reservoir, or sometimes “Marshfield Dam,” w…
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
27% more library visits per person than the typical Vermont town.
Yes. That is 4.2 years of the area's median household income ($83,449 across the Barre, VT area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
3 notable people were born here, including Zerah Colburn and Edward M. Doe.
