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The map below shows Vermont towns by their change in education property tax rates from FY 2018 to FY 2019. Towns with blue labels have seen an increase in their tax rate.

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The numbers are in.

Two weeks after lawmakers and the governor resolved a budget impasse centered on a dispute over property taxes, the Department of Taxes published the rates taxpayers will see reflected in their bills this year.

More than half of the towns in Vermont, 135 out of 249, will see higher average homestead property tax rates than last year — even though Gov. Phil Scott was able to harness surplus money to prevent a hike in the average residential property tax.

But that’s no surprise. In May, the Legislative Joint Fiscal Office predicted that this would happen.

Scott and lawmakers bought down the average statewide rates, but that doesn’t change the fact that some towns voted to spend more on education than others and will see higher rates.

While Scott was able to level the average residential property tax rate, he wasn’t able to fully buy down the average nonresidential property tax rate: a levy paid on property like small businesses, rental homes and summer camps. That rate was set at $1.58 — a 4.5 cent hike over last year.

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Because of this, the vast majority of towns — 222 out of 249 to be exact — will pay higher nonresidential tax rates than they did in fiscal year 2018.

In general, the rates trend slightly higher than the ones set in the budget and tax bill Scott agreed to allow become law last month because of increasing statewide property tax values, according to Kaj Samsom, commissioner of the department of taxes.

Changing property values are factored into property taxes each year through the common level of appraisal, or CLA, adjustment that’s applied to rates.

Every year the tax department conducts a study to determine how much the market value of the property in that town differs from what their last assessment of the town’s cumulative property value (or grand list).

The CLA adjustment accounts for the difference between the two figures—leading municipalities with increasing market values to typically see a bump, and those with decreasing values to see a slight break, in property tax rates.

“Statewide there will be an upward pressure on average tax rates just because of market value growth not reflected in grand lists,” Samsom said of the fiscal year 2019 rates.

Douglas Farnham, tax department economist and director of policy, said much of Vermont is seeing rising property values.

“Anecdotally, I can say that we have commercial areas Burlington, Stowe other places that are consistently seeing their CLAs going down — meaning we’re measuring that there’s an increase in the value related to the listed value.”

But he noted that this isn’t the case across the board.

“In Southern Vermont in particular we have many towns where their properties are either not appreciating or losing value.”

The chart below shows the number of towns that saw a decrease or increase, the ones with no change, and the average decrease and increase across the state.

The state is lacking tax rate data from 10 towns, most likely because school budgets are still under review. Those towns are Arlington, Bradford, Essex Junction, Newbury, Sandgate, St. George, Wallingford, Wells River and Westmore.

Search tax rate by town in the database below.

2019 Vermont Property Taxes by Town

TOWN FY18 Tax Rate FY19 Tax Rate Change in Homestead Addison $1.4975 $1.5457 $0.0482 Albany $1.4305 $1.3438 -$0.0867 Andover $1.2461 $1.3491 $0.1030 Athens $1.3168 $1.4806 $0.1638 Averill $0.9382 $0.9314 -$0.0068 Averys Gore $0.9382 $0.9314 -$0.0068 Bakersfield $1.4323 $1.3239 -$0.1084 Baltimore $1.5450 $1.4585 -$0.0865 Barnard $1.4707 $1.4870 $0.0163 Barnet $1.4986 $1.3848 -$0.1138 Barre City $1.2336 $1.2698 $0.0362 Barre Town $1.3824 $1.4396 $0.0572 Barton $1.3967 $1.3755 -$0.0212 Belvidere $1.5797 $1.5729 -$0.0068 Bennington $1.4927 $1.4601 -$0.0326 Benson $1.4169 $1.2767 -$0.1402 Berkshire $1.3165 $1.2657 -$0.0508 Berlin $1.6219 $1.6683 $0.0464 Bethel $1.5889 $1.5086 -$0.0803 Bloomfield $1.3478 $1.4157 $0.0679 Bolton $1.4922 $1.4980 $0.0058 Braintree $1.3323 $1.4419 $0.1096 Brandon $1.3658 $1.3277 -$0.0381 Brattleboro $1.5976 $1.5825 -$0.0151 Bridgewater $1.7611 $1.7771 $0.0160 Bridport $1.5636 $1.6015 $0.0379 Brighton $1.3674 $1.3832 $0.0158 Bristol $1.7566 $1.5270 -$0.2296 Brookfield $1.3000 $1.3290 $0.0290 Brookline $1.7672 $1.7995 $0.0323 Brownington $1.2136 $1.2512 $0.0376 Brunswick $1.1563 $1.2110 $0.0547 Buels Gore $1.0624 $1.0641 $0.0017 Burke $1.5874 $1.5094 -$0.0780 Burlington $1.7903 $1.8498 $0.0595 Cabot $1.7391 $1.7543 $0.0152 Calais $1.6898 $1.6934 $0.0036 Cambridge $1.4641 $1.4704 $0.0063 Canaan $1.4047 $1.4555 $0.0508 Castleton $1.5679 $1.4753 -$0.0926 Cavendish $1.3945 $1.2883 -$0.1062 Charleston $1.4370 $1.4284 -$0.0086 Charlotte $1.4301 $1.4866 $0.0565 Chelsea $1.6501 $1.6130 -$0.0371 Chester $1.2262 $1.2141 -$0.0121 Chittenden $1.3820 $1.4180 $0.0360 Clarendon $1.3311 $1.3790 $0.0479 Colchester $1.4521 $1.5303 $0.0782 Concord $1.6005 $1.5985 -$0.0020 Corinth $1.3682 $1.3024 -$0.0658 Cornwall $1.5814 $1.5651 -$0.0163 Coventry $1.3599 $1.4170 $0.0571 Craftsbury $1.7693 $1.5555 -$0.2138 Danby $1.2129 $1.2411 $0.0282 Danville $1.5421 $1.4912 -$0.0509 Derby $1.3352 $1.3643 $0.0291 Dorset $1.5960 $1.4873 -$0.1087 Dover $1.4844 $1.4598 -$0.0246 Dummerston $1.6600 $1.6639 $0.0039 Duxbury $1.5571 $1.6286 $0.0715 East Haven $1.5430 $1.6351 $0.0921 East Montpelier $1.9021 $1.9218 $0.0197 Eden $1.5659 $1.5831 $0.0172 Elmore $1.3955 $1.4318 $0.0363 Enosburgh $1.2365 $1.2859 $0.0494 Essex Town $1.5404 $1.5360 -$0.0044 Fair Haven $1.2904 $1.2377 -$0.0527 Fairfax $1.3681 $1.3977 $0.0296 Fairfield $1.4524 $1.5577 $0.1053 Fairlee $1.7580 $1.6891 -$0.0689 Fayston $1.5000 $1.5882 $0.0882 Ferdinand $0.9382 $0.9314 -$0.0068 Ferrisburgh $1.5578 $1.6007 $0.0429 Fletcher $1.4836 $1.6171 $0.1335 Franklin $1.2961 $1.3123 $0.0162 Georgia $1.3565 $1.3984 $0.0419 Glastenbury $1.0168 $1.0680 $0.0512 Glover $1.3302 $1.4162 $0.0860 Goshen $1.5036 $1.5009 -$0.0027 Grafton $1.1855 $1.3852 $0.1997 Granby $0.9782 $1.0265 $0.0483 Grand Isle $1.4985 $1.5387 $0.0402 Granville $1.8507 $1.7224 -$0.1283 Greensboro $1.6216 $1.6409 $0.0193 Groton $1.4853 $1.4949 $0.0096 Guildhall $0.8538 $0.8698 $0.0160 Guilford $1.6632 $1.7014 $0.0382 Halifax $1.2701 $1.2290 -$0.0411 Hancock $1.7412 $1.6325 -$0.1087 Hardwick $1.6488 $1.7008 $0.0520 Hartford $1.5800 $1.6369 $0.0569 Hartland $1.5418 $1.5540 $0.0122 Highgate $1.2558 $1.2523 -$0.0035 Hinesburg $1.3924 $1.4487 $0.0563 Holland $1.6748 $1.6631 -$0.0117 Hubbardton $1.5587 $1.4752 -$0.0835 Huntington $1.4917 $1.5146 $0.0229 Hyde Park $1.3886 $1.4991 $0.1105 Ira $1.0858 $1.3674 $0.2816 Irasburg $1.4290 $1.3995 -$0.0295 Isle La Motte $1.6249 $1.3834 -$0.2415 Jamaica $1.5968 $1.7991 $0.2023 Jay $1.5915 $1.5382 -$0.0533 Jericho $1.4188 $1.4524 $0.0336 Johnson $1.3951 $1.5102 $0.1151 Killington $1.6785 $1.6067 -$0.0718 Kirby $1.6188 $1.5245 -$0.0943 Landgrove $1.4272 $1.4873 $0.0601 Leicester $1.2401 $1.2594 $0.0193 Lemington $1.9989 $1.4226 -$0.5763 Lewis $0.9382 $0.9314 -$0.0068 Lincoln $1.5710 $1.4836 -$0.0874 Londonderry $1.3761 $1.4434 $0.0673 Lowell $1.3524 $1.3817 $0.0293 Ludlow $1.7425 $1.6741 -$0.0684 Lunenburg $1.3975 $1.4287 $0.0312 Lyndon $1.4961 $1.5028 $0.0067 Maidstone $0.8884 $0.9383 $0.0499 Manchester $1.6516 $1.5253 -$0.1263 Marlboro $1.6536 $1.7360 $0.0824 Marshfield $1.7863 $1.8641 $0.0778 Mendon $1.2922 $1.3348 $0.0426 Middlebury $1.8237 $1.8578 $0.0341 Middlesex $1.6613 $1.8097 $0.1484 Middletown Springs $1.4754 $1.3592 -$0.1162 Milton $1.4447 $1.4332 -$0.0115 Monkton $1.5544 $1.5402 -$0.0142 Montgomery $1.2649 $1.1442 -$0.1207 Montpelier $1.6234 $1.6012 -$0.0222 Moretown $1.5759 $1.6433 $0.0674 Morgan $1.3141 $1.2953 -$0.0188 Morristown $1.3819 $1.3797 -$0.0022 Mount Holly $1.4591 $1.4697 $0.0106 Mount Tabor $1.2752 $1.3217 $0.0465 New Haven $1.5795 $1.5943 $0.0148 Newark $1.4927 $1.4311 -$0.0616 Newfane $1.8060 $1.7540 -$0.0520 Newport City $1.3528 $1.4242 $0.0714 Newport Town $1.4174 $1.4227 $0.0053 North Bennington $1.6619 $1.5783 -$0.0836 North Hero $1.2185 $1.5614 $0.3429 Northfield $1.5277 $1.4617 -$0.0660 Norton $1.8852 $1.8777 -$0.0075 Norwich $1.8122 $1.8487 $0.0365 Orange $1.3426 $1.3092 -$0.0334 Orleans ID $1.3303 $1.3237 -$0.0066 Orwell $1.3850 $1.5350 $0.1500 Panton $1.5554 $1.6502 $0.0948 Pawlet $1.3438 $1.3731 $0.0293 Peacham $1.7398 $1.4992 -$0.2406 Peru $1.4084 $1.4718 $0.0634 Pittsfield $1.0938 $1.2655 $0.1717 Pittsford $1.4512 $1.3955 -$0.0557 Plainfield $1.7071 $1.7727 $0.0656 Plymouth $1.7969 $1.6744 -$0.1225 Pomfret $1.5437 $1.6738 $0.1301 Poultney $1.4939 $1.4161 -$0.0778 Pownal $1.3887 $1.3522 -$0.0365 Proctor $1.5749 $1.5360 -$0.0389 Putney $1.6436 $1.6665 $0.0229 Randolph $1.3631 $1.4179 $0.0548 Reading $1.6789 $1.6470 -$0.0319 Readsboro $1.0854 $1.2214 $0.1360 Richford $1.1274 $1.1476 $0.0202 Richmond $1.5247 $1.5623 $0.0376 Ripton $1.7832 $1.7649 -$0.0183 Rochester $1.4476 $1.4071 -$0.0405 Rockingham $1.7559 $1.6807 -$0.0752 Roxbury $1.7156 $1.6911 -$0.0245 Royalton $1.3973 $1.4989 $0.1016 Rupert $1.2097 $1.1476 -$0.0621 Rutland City $1.4799 $1.4639 -$0.0160 Rutland Town $1.4066 $1.3953 -$0.0113 Ryegate $1.5088 $1.4843 -$0.0245 Salisbury $1.6153 $1.6247 $0.0094 Searsburg $1.2823 $1.5622 $0.2799 Shaftsbury $1.3177 $1.2746 -$0.0431 Shaftsbury ID $1.5012 $1.3972 -$0.1040 Sharon $1.4735 $1.4607 -$0.0128 Sheffield $1.6449 $1.5626 -$0.0823 Shelburne $1.4748 $1.5246 $0.0498 Sheldon $1.2394 $1.2965 $0.0571 Shoreham $1.5789 $1.5439 -$0.0350 Shrewsbury $1.3514 $1.3916 $0.0402 Somerset $1.0028 $1.0028 $0.0000 South Burlington $1.5794 $1.5506 -$0.0288 South Hero $1.5173 $1.5850 $0.0677 Springfield $1.4817 $1.7321 $0.2504 St. Albans City $1.4496 $1.5587 $0.1091 St. Albans Town $1.3258 $1.3804 $0.0546 St. Johnsbury $1.2067 $1.2093 $0.0026 Stamford $1.1724 $1.3031 $0.1307 Stannard $1.5131 $1.3860 -$0.1271 Starksboro $1.6177 $1.5573 -$0.0604 Stockbridge $1.5974 $1.5388 -$0.0586 Stowe $1.5244 $1.5192 -$0.0052 Strafford $1.5397 $1.4658 -$0.0739 Stratton $1.5958 $1.6367 $0.0409 Sudbury $1.3692 $1.2665 -$0.1027 Sunderland $0.9902 $0.9938 $0.0036 Sutton $1.5295 $1.4310 -$0.0985 Swanton $1.3245 $1.2772 -$0.0473 Thetford $1.8888 $1.9030 $0.0142 Tinmouth $1.4920 $1.5263 $0.0343 Topsham $1.3084 $1.2867 -$0.0217 Townshend $1.6349 $1.8072 $0.1723 Troy $1.3746 $1.4335 $0.0589 Tunbridge $1.3871 $1.3809 -$0.0062 Underhill $1.4723 $1.4937 $0.0214 Vergennes $1.6237 $1.6187 -$0.0050 Vernon $1.4217 $1.3314 -$0.0903 Vershire $1.8674 $1.8241 -$0.0433 Victory $2.0928 $1.9836 -$0.1092 Waitsfield $1.5458 $1.5846 $0.0388 Walden $1.3441 $1.3658 $0.0217 Waltham $1.6592 $1.6293 -$0.0299 Wardsboro $1.4132 $1.3746 -$0.0386 Warners Grant $0.9382 $0.9314 -$0.0068 Warren $1.5737 $1.6327 $0.0590 Warren Gore $0.9382 $0.9314 -$0.0068 Washington $1.3192 $1.2801 -$0.0391 Waterbury $1.5473 $1.6183 $0.0710 Waterford $1.5771 $1.5583 -$0.0188 Waterville $1.6876 $1.7266 $0.0390 Weathersfield $1.5574 $1.5978 $0.0404 Wells $1.2159 $1.2707 $0.0548 West Fairlee $1.9840 $1.9144 -$0.0696 West Haven $1.2597 $1.3242 $0.0645 West Rutland $1.4215 $1.3170 -$0.1045 West Windsor $1.5777 $1.8526 $0.2749 Westfield $1.3619 $1.2866 -$0.0753 Westford $1.4933 $1.4934 $0.0001 Westminster $1.5377 $1.6388 $0.1011 Weston $1.5848 $1.5834 -$0.0014 Weybridge $1.7316 $1.6030 -$0.1286 Wheelock $1.5640 $1.5537 -$0.0103 Whiting $1.2931 $1.3108 $0.0177 Whitingham $2.0583 $1.9696 -$0.0887 Williamstown $1.6343 $1.5562 -$0.0781 Williston $1.4266 $1.4920 $0.0654 Wilmington $1.9037 $2.1233 $0.2196 Windham $1.6666 $1.7808 $0.1142 Windsor $1.1772 $1.1869 $0.0097 Winhall $1.9330 $2.4355 $0.5025 Winooski $1.4914 $1.4777 -$0.0137 Wolcott $1.5357 $1.5372 $0.0015 Woodbury $1.6645 $1.5751 -$0.0894 Woodford $1.2286 $1.2808 $0.0522 Woodstock $1.6603 $1.7025 $0.0422 Worcester $1.6421 $1.7382 $0.0961

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