Town of Manchester 16th Lowest Municipal Tax Rate in Vermont in 2009

The Town of Manchester is again listed among the lowest effective municipal tax rates in the State of Vermont according to a new study released by the State of Vermont Department of Taxes in January of 2010.

For 2009 the Department of Taxes ranked Manchester the 16th lowest effective municipal tax rate in the State of Vermont and the 3rd lowest in Bennington County -- only Glastenbury and Woodford had lower tax rates in Bennington County. There are over 250 cities and towns in the State of Vermont. 

The effective municipal tax rate is the tax rate that would be in effect if all properties were appraised at 100% of market value. 

The following towns had a lower effective municipal tax rate than Manchester in 2009: 

1. Coventy: $0.0000 (Orleans County) - population 981
2. Buels Gore: $0.000 (Chittenden County) - population 12
3. Glastenbury: $0.0107 (Bennington County) - population 15
4. Woodford: $0.0499 (Bennington County) - population 387
5. Lewis: $0.0504 (Essex County) - population 1
6. Mount Tabor: $0.0509 (Rutland County) - population 198
7. Ferdinand: $0.0517 (Essex County) - population 32
8. Warner's Grant: $0.0512 (Essex County) - population 0
9. Averys Gore: $0.0652 (Essex County) - population 1
10. Stratton: $0.0710 (Windham County) - population 167
11. Victory: $0.0719 (Essex County) - population 95
12. Warren's Gore: $0.0798 (Essex County) - population 10
13. Norton: $0.0957 (Essex County) - population 231
14. Salisbury: $0.1543 (Addison County) - population 1,091
15. Charlotte: $0.1588 (Chittenden County) - population 3,761
16. Manchester: $0.1634 (Bennington County) - population 4,271 

Source: 2010 Annual Report: Division of Property Valuation and Review, Department of Taxes.