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Shoreham, Vermont

Shoreham is a small town of about 1,300 people in Addison County, Vermont. It has grown about 3% since 2020. A typical home costs about 3.4 years of the typical household's income, compared with 4.1 across the U.S. The nearest metro area of about a million people or more, Hartford, is about 151 miles away as the crow flies.

Population
1,284
up 2.8% since 2020
Typical home, 2020-24
$316,400
Addison County prices up 29% since 2022
Household income
$93,654
U.S.: $80,734
Prices, rural Vermont
96.3
U.S. average = 100
Emergency room
10 miles
Middlebury, VT
To Hartford
151 mi
straight line

The book's checklist

  • Lower cost of livingEveryday prices run 3.7% below the U.S. average in the parts of Vermont outside metro areas.
  • More house for the moneyA typical home costs 3.4 years of the typical household's income here. Across the U.S. it's 4.1.
  • A safer neighborhoodThe FBI has no 2025 figures for Shoreham itself. Many small towns are patrolled by the county sheriff, so call the sheriff's office and ask what calls they get most.
  • Schools in town1 public school. No public high school in town: the nearest is Ticonderoga Junior-Senior High School, about 7 miles away.
  • A hospital close byPorter Hospital INC in Middlebury, about 10 miles away, has the nearest emergency room.
  • Within reach of a big cityHartford is about 151 miles away as the crow flies. The book suggests staying within about 60 miles if you'll miss big-city sports, concerts and theater.

A check means Shoreham meets the rule of thumb from Frank and Dave's book. An empty box isn't a deal breaker: it's something to weigh for your family. A question mark means there isn't enough data.

For a lifetime

Homes and money

Typical home value, as owners valued them in 2020-2024
$316,400U.S.: $332,700
Home prices since then
Up 29%Addison County, 2022 to 2025
Typical rent, with utilities
$1,306 a monthU.S.: $1,413
Typical household income
$93,654U.S.: $80,734
Homes owned by the people living in them
81%U.S.: 65%
Typical property tax bill
$4,713 a yearVermont: $5,039
Homes built before 1940
26%U.S.: 12%
Homes built since 2010
11%U.S.: 11%
Vacation and seasonal homes
9%U.S.: 3%
Everyday prices
96.3U.S. average = 100 (the parts of Vermont outside metro areas)

Home values and rents are what households told the Census Bureau across 2020 to 2024, so they trail today's market: county prices have moved up 29% since 2022. Everyday prices are the government's average for the parts of Vermont outside metro areas, not Shoreham alone. Check current listings before you budget.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates; Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions); U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.

The people

Population, 2025 estimate
1,2842020: 1,249
Median age
51.8 yearsU.S.: 38.9
Age 65 and older
26%U.S.: 17%
Under 18
18%U.S.: 22%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or more
36%U.S.: 36%
Moved here from another county or state in the past year
4%U.S.: 6%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Work

Biggest lines of work
Schools, health care and social services (28%); manufacturing (13%); farming, forestry and mining (12%)
Unemployment rate
0%U.S.: 5%
Average commute
26 minutesU.S.: 26 minutes
Work from home
16%U.S.: 15%
Below the poverty line
8%U.S.: 12%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Health care

Nearest emergency room: Porter Hospital INC, Middlebury, VT, about 10 miles away. It's a critical access hospital (a small rural hospital with 25 or fewer beds). Medicare gives it 3 of 5 stars.

Nearest general hospital: Rutland Regional Medical Center, Rutland, VT, about 27 miles away. Medicare gives it 3 of 5 stars.

Look up doctors, clinics and the hospitals themselves on Medicare's Care Compare. Ask where the most serious cases are sent.

Sources: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information.

Schools

1 public school in Shoreham, run by Addison Central Unified Union School District #55. The nearest public high school is Ticonderoga Junior-Senior High School, about 7 miles away.

See each school on the federal school search, then check test scores and graduation rates on Vermont's school report card.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal); National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024.

Internet

Homes with cable, fiber or DSL internet
69%U.S.: 76%
Homes with any internet subscription
90%U.S.: 91%

Before you buy, look up the address on the FCC's National Broadband Map to see which providers serve it.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Weather

January average low
9°F
July average high
80°F
Days 90°F or hotter
7 a year
Nights at or below freezing
155 a year
Rain and melted snow
38.7 inches a year
Snow
59 inches a year
Elevation
269 feet

Weather station: Cornwall (7 miles away). Averages for 1991 to 2020.

Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020; U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program.

Getting around

Straight-line miles. The road is always longer, and as the book says, an interstate at 70 is a different trip from a farm road at 45. Check the real drive: Porter Hospital INC, Schenectady, Hartford.

Addison County is outside any metro area, with 5,000 to 20,000 people in its towns, next to a metro area (USDA rural-urban code 6, on a scale where 1 is the biggest metro areas and 9 the most rural counties).

For a day

8 places on the National Register of Historic Places, including the Colonel Ephraim and Sarah Doolittle Farm and the Witherell Farm.

National Park Service sites within about an hour:

  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail28 miles
  • Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park42 miles
  • Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park54 miles
  • Saratoga National Historical Park57 miles

Read about Shoreham's history on Wikipedia.

Know Shoreham?

Tell us what a visitor shouldn't miss, and what living there is really like. Write to Main Street at mainstreet@smalltownguide.com. The best notes from people who know the town will be added here.

Nearby

Straight-line miles.

Small towns

Smaller places

  • Whiting, VT410 people, 5 miles
  • Sudbury, VT544 people, 10 miles
  • Weybridge, VT844 people, 11 miles
  • Port Henry, NY (unincorporated)1,410 people, 12 miles
  • Benson, VT960 people, 13 miles
  • Hubbardton, VT724 people, 14 miles

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025)
  2. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates
  3. Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions)
  4. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
  5. FBI, Crime in the United States, Table 8 (offenses known to law enforcement by city)
  6. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information
  7. National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal)
  8. National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024
  9. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020
  10. U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program
  11. National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places listings
  12. National Park Service, park unit boundaries
  13. USDA Economic Research Service, Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, 2023
  14. U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Gazetteer files and 2020 urban areas

Census survey figures are estimates with a margin of error; we leave out any figure whose margin is too wide to be useful. Data last gathered October 5, 2026. See something wrong? Write to mainstreet@smalltownguide.com.