Best PlacesBelvidere Center, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Belvidere 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.
Belvidere Center ranks 26,560th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Belvidere 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.
Belvidere Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Belvidere Center ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
Where Belvidere Center ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,446 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Belvidere Center
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Belvidere Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $65,488; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Belvidere Center's effective rate of 1.58%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Belvidere Center
Belvidere Center runs younger 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 Belvidere Center.
Who works in Belvidere Center, and how
Work in Belvidere Center centers on education and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Belvidere Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Belvidere Center.
What the weather is like in Belvidere Center, month by month
Belvidere Center sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 20° | 10° |
| April | 56° | 42° | 30° |
| July | 83° | 69° | 56° |
| October | 62° | 49° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Belvidere Center
The nearest airport, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 183 miles away.
The best schools in and around Belvidere Center
Schools across Belvidere Center average an A−, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cumberland Head Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stafford Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Plattsburgh Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Belvidere Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Belvidere 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 Belvidere Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Belvidere Center
Is Belvidere Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Belvidere Center ranks 26,560th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, tree cover, and good schools, and lowest on a weak job market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Belvidere Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $234,202. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $65,488 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Belvidere Center safe?
Belvidere Center is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $324 per resident a year.
Compare Belvidere Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Belvidere Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Belvidere 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.
Belvidere Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Belvidere Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Belvidere Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Belvidere Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Belvidere Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Belvidere 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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