Editing Mount Tabor, Vermont

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|official_name            = Mount Tabor, Vermont
|settlement_type          = [[New England town|Town]]
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Vermont]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Vermont|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Rutland County, Vermont|Rutland]]
|parts_type               = Communities
|parts                    = {{ubl|[[Danby (CDP), Vermont|Danby]] (part)|South End}}

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 210
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|timezone                 = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|elevation_m              = 573
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]s
|postal_code              = 05739 ([[Danby, Vermont|Danby]])<br/>05742 ([[East Wallingford, Vermont|East Wallingford]])<br/>05253 ([[East Dorset, Vermont|East Dorset]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 802|802]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 50-47425<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 1462156<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
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'''Mount Tabor''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Rutland County, Vermont|Rutland County]], [[Vermont]], United States. The population was 210 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5002147425| title=Census - Geography Profile: Mount Tabor town, Vermont| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=January 3, 2022}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|43.8|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|43.7|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi}}, or 0.11%, is water. Half of the unincorporated village of [[Danby (CDP), Vermont|Danby]] is in the west part of town, along [[U.S. Route 7]] on the west side of [[Otter Creek (Vermont)|Otter Creek]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 165
|1800= 153
|1810= 209
|1820= 222
|1830= 210
|1840= 226
|1850= 308
|1860= 358
|1870= 301
|1880= 495
|1890= 436
|1900= 494
|1910= 289
|1920= 165
|1930= 173
|1940= 213
|1950= 186
|1960= 165
|1970= 184
|1980= 211
|1990= 214
|2000= 203
|2010= 255
|2020= 210
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 16, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 203 people, 92 households, and 56 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 4.6 people per square mile (1.8/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 121 housing units at an average density of 2.8 per square mile (1.1/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 99.51% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] and 0.49% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]].

There were 92 households, out of which 27.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.1% were non-families. 35.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.80.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.7% under the age of 18, 3.4% from 18 to 24, 34.5% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $32,250, and the median income for a family was $46,042. Males had a median income of $35,208 versus $20,938 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $17,785. About 7.3% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.9% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.

==Speed trap==
A 2018 study by [[Vermont Public Radio]] found that Mount Tabor issued over $2 million in traffic fines since the stretch of [[US Route 7]] passing through the edge of [[Danby (CDP), Vermont|Danby village]] was lowered to {{convert|45|mph}} in 1999, receiving $131,074 in traffic fine revenue in 2017, which works out to $524 per inhabitant, resulting in a municipal tax rate one-third what it was in 1999 and the highest percentage of town revenue derived from traffic fines in the state.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Corwin|first1=Emily|title=In Mount Tabor, Heavy Speed Enforcement Means Low Taxes|url=http://digital.vpr.net/post/mount-tabor-heavy-speed-enforcement-means-low-taxes|website=vpr.net|publisher=Vermont Public Radio|accessdate=April 26, 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Rutland County, Vermont}}

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[[Category:Towns in Vermont]]
[[Category:Towns in Rutland County, Vermont]]