Best PlacesAlburg Center, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Alburg Center, 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.
Alburg Center ranks 14,130th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Alburg Center
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.
Alburg Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Alburg Center ranks high
- School gradeA−, better than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
Where Alburg Center ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,625 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Alburg Center
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Alburg Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,415, 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 Alburg Center'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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Alburg Center
Alburg Center runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Alburg Center.
Who works in Alburg Center, and how
Work in Alburg Center centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in Alburg Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Alburg Center.
What the weather is like in Alburg Center, month by month
Alburg Center sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 22° | 12° |
| April | 57° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Alburg Center
The nearest airport, Plattsburgh International, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 211 miles away.
The best schools in and around Alburg Center
Schools across Alburg Center average an A−, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rouses Point Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northeastern Clinton Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Beekmantown High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Northern Adirondack Middle/high SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Alburg Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Alburg Center 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 Alburg Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Alburg Center
Is Alburg Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Alburg Center ranks 14,130th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, biking, and low disaster risk, and lowest on internet speeds and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Alburg Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $275,182. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $82,415 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Alburg Center safe?
Yes, Alburg Center is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $247 per resident a year.
Compare Alburg Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Alburg Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Alburg Center 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.
Alburg Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Alburg Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Alburg Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Alburg Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Alburg Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Alburg Center 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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