Best Places05830, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 05830, 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.
05830 ranks 19,218th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. Cell coverage pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in 05830
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.
05830's strengths and weaknesses
Where 05830 ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of zip codes
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of zip codes
- Healthcare accessBetter than 84% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of zip codes
Where 05830 ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,312 a month, better than only 14% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of zip codes
- School gradeC−, better than only 19% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 05830
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 05830 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,845, 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 05830's effective rate of 1.30%, 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 05830
05830 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 05830.
Who works in 05830, and how
Work in 05830 centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in 05830
05830 has more parkland per resident than 99% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 05830 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 05830, month by month
05830 sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 19° | 9° |
| April | 54° | 41° | 30° |
| July | 80° | 68° | 57° |
| October | 60° | 48° | 38° |
Flying in and out of 05830
The nearest airport, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, is about 64 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 189 miles away.
The best schools in and around 05830
Schools across 05830 average a C−, better than 19% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Stewartstown Community SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Derby Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Stratford Public SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Colebrook Academy And Elementary School (h)C · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 05830 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
05830 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 05830 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 05830
Is 05830 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 05830 ranks 19,218th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on tree cover, cheap car insurance, and heat safety, and lowest on cell coverage and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 05830 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $223,182. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $77,845 median income, cost of living beats 54% of zip codes.
Is 05830 safe?
Yes, 05830 is safer than 83% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $218 per resident a year.
Compare 05830 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 05830. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 05830 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.
05830 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 05830: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 05830: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 05830: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 05830: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
05830 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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