Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,757, settled in 1763.
The best of Moretown’s subject grades are an A+ for health and an A for schools; the weakest is a C for hazard risk. On hazard risk, just 12 of Vermont’s 172 towns do worse. On the outdoors, just 16 of Vermont’s 172 towns do worse. Middlesex-Winooski River Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places. Moretown has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Moretown beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Moretown Elementary School | PK–6 | 169 |
Where Moretown’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Vermont), ordered by how far Moretown is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 191 in 1800, a low of 191 in 1800, 1,753 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and a map from 1988 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Moretown, 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 Moretown.
Moretown beats the Vermont average on 15 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 24% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Moretown, where Vermont’s towns sit at 30% and U.S. towns at 36%. 26% of Moretown adults have obesity.
| Moretown | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 30% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 25% |
| What stands out | Moretown | VT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.6% | 9.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.6% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Harwood Unified Union School District #60. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moretown Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 169 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VT on state tests and graduation
4.5% of working residents work locally in Moretown, below both the Vermont town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). Since 2013, Moretown has lost 812 jobs, to 472 in 2023. 3.1% of residents live below the poverty line in Moretown.
| Moretown | Vermont towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.1% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $104,000 | $80,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 16% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Moretown has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Moretown’s July high is 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 66% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 36 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Moretown.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Moretown home is worth about $462,000, up 7.4% in a year, 18% above the Vermont typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
9.7 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Moretown is 0.2 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Moretown. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi LakeLake Champlain
21 mi MountainMount Mansfield
12 mi Ski areaSugarbush Resort142 runs · 2,569 ft vertical
19 mi Ski areaStowe Mountain Resort144 runs · 2,390 ft vertical
11 mi Ski areaMad River Glen77 runs · 1,998 ft vertical
27 mi MuseumShelburne MuseumLake Champlain: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Mount Mansfield: Original uploader was Calzarette (Joe Calzarette) at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Sugarbush Resort: Mrtrek1701 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Stowe Mountain Resort: Stevage, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mad River Glen: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Shelburne Museum: Storylanding, CC0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Moretown
About 3 of every 100 Moretown residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Vermont.
4 notable people were born in Moretown.
Town in Vermont, United States
Moretown is a town in Washington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,753 at the 2020 census.
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7 towns share a border with Moretown.
| Town | VT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moretown | — | — | B | — | A | A+ |
| Middlesex | — | — | C | — | B+ | A+ |
| Waterbury | #10 | A− | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Duxbury | — | — | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Berlin | #48 | C | C+ | D− | B+ | A |
| Waitsfield | — | — | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Northfield | #34 | B− | C | A | D− | A− |
| Fayston | — | — | D | — | A | A+ |
Moretown, Middlesex, Duxbury, Waitsfield and Fayston have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Moretown, Middlesex, Waterbury, Duxbury, Waitsfield and Fayston report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Moretown with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 5.5 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 B.
4 notable people were born here, including Matthew H. Carpenter and Edward H. Deavitt.
