Best Places05819, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 05819, 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.
05819 ranks 18,498th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. Property taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on clean air.
The best neighborhoods in 05819
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.
05819's strengths and weaknesses
Where 05819 ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of zip codes
- Short commute20.7 minutes each way, better than 82% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 82% of zip codes
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of zip codes
Where 05819 ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,213 a month, better than only 20% of zip codes
- School gradeC−, better than only 23% of zip codes
- Internet speedBetter than only 25% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 05819
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 05819 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,678, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 05819's effective rate of 1.88%, 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.
Who lives in 05819
05819 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 05819.
Who works in 05819, and how
Work in 05819 centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in 05819
05819 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 87% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 05819 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 05819, month by month
05819 sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 21° | 14° |
| April | 54° | 43° | 34° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 61° |
| October | 59° | 49° | 42° |
Flying in and out of 05819
The nearest airport, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 151 miles away.
The best schools in and around 05819
Schools across 05819 average a C−, better than 23% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Monroe Consolidated SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Mildred C. Lakeway SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Waterford Elementary SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Daisy Bronson Junior High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Lisbon Regional School (high)C · 34% proficient
- Littleton High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 05819 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
05819 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 05819 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 05819
Is 05819 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 05819 ranks 18,498th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on clean air, cheap car insurance, and short commutes, and lowest on property taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 05819 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $198,287. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $70,678 median income, cost of living beats 40% of zip codes.
Is 05819 safe?
05819 is safer than 44% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $354 per resident a year.
Compare 05819 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 05819. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 05819 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.
05819 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 05819: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 05819: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 05819: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 05819: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
05819 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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