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Norton, Vermont.

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What it costs per month · Norton $2,057/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,072 (+109%) since Jan 2020.

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Vermont $2,057 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Vermont$2,057
  • United States$1,922

Living in Norton, Essex County, Vermont

Norton is a town of 153 people in Essex County. Unemployment in Essex County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Essex County work in schools and health care, then construction.

People 153 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Norton for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.1% Essex County, August 2026; 3.6% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Norton for the Census survey to measure.

Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Norton is a very small town in Essex County, Vermont, right on the Canadian border, and people there live a rural life with plenty of room between neighbors. Household incomes across Essex County sit below the typical level for the country, and a noticeable share of residents live below the poverty line. Winters are long and cold, with January the coldest month and highs staying below freezing, while July brings pleasantly warm days, and the year's precipitation arrives as a mix of rain and melted snow.

Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, the building trades, shops and government. Across Essex County, the largest workplaces include the Canaan School District, the Brighton School District and Sweet Tree Holdings 1, a syrup and flavoring manufacturer. Unemployment across the county is slightly lower than it was a year earlier, though the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before.

Things to do. The Coaticook River runs in or beside town, and Black Turn Brook State Forest, a protected area, is also in or beside town, so walking and time outdoors are close at hand. The Pherrins River is a short drive away. For a longer outing, Lake Memphremagog is a lake a longer drive away, and the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, a theatre, is also a longer drive away.

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  • 13%below the poverty line

What people in Essex County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Building trades12%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Government10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Manufacturing9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Essex County had 1,059 jobs in 2025, 0.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 22° and 0°; warmest in July, 76° and 53° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 22° 0° F M A M J J 76° 53° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 22° and 0°; warmest in July, 76° and 53° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 22° 0° F M A M J J 76° 53° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 22° and lows near 0°; warmest in July, with highs near 76° and lows near 53°. About 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Averill weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Essex County

  1. Canaan School DistrictSchool district35FTE
  2. Brighton School DistrictSchool district33FTE
  3. Sweet Tree Holdings 1Syrup, flavoring, manufacturing29

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1 workplace with 20 or more staff, 29 people in all across the county; Norton has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

FEMA rates every natural hazard here relatively low or very low.

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Essex County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Essex County.

Norton home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Norton address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Norton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.