Best Places05757, VT Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 05757, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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05757 ranks 4,608th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in 05757

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 05757 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

05757's strengths and weaknesses

Top 1%Fast internet
Top 1%Low crime
Top 10%Tree cover
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 05757 with other zip codes.

Where 05757 ranks high

  • Internet speedBetter than 99% of zip codes
  • Crime safetyBetter than 99% of zip codes
  • Tree shadeBetter than 95% of zip codes
  • Air qualityBetter than 94% of zip codes
  • Local economyBetter than 93% of zip codes

Where 05757 ranks low

  • Cheap childcare$1,493 a month, better than only 6% of zip codes
  • Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of zip codes
  • Low vacancyBetter than only 8% of zip codes
  • Low property taxBetter than only 8% of zip codes
  • WalkabilityBetter than only 12% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 05757

A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 05757 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,003, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$76,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$1,767
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $258,934 home
Median rent
$1,220
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,320
Property tax$361
Homeowners insurance$86

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 05757's effective rate of 1.67%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.

Renting versus buying

At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 05757

05757 runs older than the country.

Median age
48
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
25%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.7
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1822%
18 to 3417%
35 to 4918%
50 to 6420%
65 and older25%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 05757.


Who works in 05757, and how

Work in 05757 centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
15%
about the national average
Unemployment
1.5%
below the national average
Job growth
+3.5%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social22%
Education17%
Retail trade9%
Manufacturing9%
Public administration7%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 83%
  • Work from home 15%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 2%

Life in 05757

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 05757.


What the weather is like in 05757, month by month

05757 sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January33°23°14°
April57°44°33°
July83°71°59°
October63°51°41°

Flying in and out of 05757

The nearest airport, Rutland/Southern Vermont Regional, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 108 miles away.

Nearest airport
RUT
Rutland/Southern Vermont Regional, about 9 miles
Airport size
Nonprimary
1 nonstop destinations
Average drive
13 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 05757

Schools across 05757 average a B+, better than 81% of zip codes.

Top elementary schools

Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 05757 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


05757 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 05757 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 05757

Is 05757 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 05757 ranks 4,608th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on fast internet, low crime, and tree cover, and lowest on childcare costs and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 05757 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $258,934. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $81,003 median income, cost of living beats 60% of zip codes.

Is 05757 safe?

Yes, 05757 is safer than 99% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $135 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 05757. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 05757 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.

05757 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 05757: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 05757: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 05757: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 05757: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

05757 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.