Best Places05052, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 05052, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
05052 ranks 10,852nd of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 05052
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
05052's strengths and weaknesses
Where 05052 ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 81% of zip codes
- School gradeB+, better than 79% of zip codes
Where 05052 ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,505 a month, better than only 6% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 05052
A household needs to earn about $118,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 05052 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,598, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 05052's effective rate of 1.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in 05052
05052 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 05052.
Who works in 05052, and how
Work in 05052 centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in 05052
05052 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 05052 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 05052, month by month
05052 sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 24° | 14° |
| April | 60° | 45° | 33° |
| July | 87° | 72° | 59° |
| October | 65° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of 05052
The nearest airport, Lebanon Municipal, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around 05052
Schools across 05052 average a B+, better than 79% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Plainfield Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Mt. Lebanon SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Lebanon High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 05052 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
05052 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 05052 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 05052
Is 05052 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 05052 ranks 10,852nd of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on clean air, low crime, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 05052 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $410,100. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $93,598 median income, cost of living beats 64% of zip codes.
Is 05052 safe?
Yes, 05052 is safer than 95% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $168 per resident a year.
Compare 05052 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 05052. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 05052 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
05052 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 05052: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 05052: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 05052: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 05052: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
05052 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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