Best PlacesCaledonia County, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Caledonia County, 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.
Caledonia County ranks 1,548th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Caledonia County
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.
Caledonia County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Caledonia County ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 92% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than 86% of counties
Where Caledonia County ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of counties
- Cheap childcare$1,213 a month, better than only 9% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 12% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than only 20% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Caledonia County
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Caledonia County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,080, 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 Caledonia County's effective rate of 1.66%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Caledonia County
Caledonia County 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 Caledonia County.
Who works in Caledonia County, and how
Work in Caledonia County centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Caledonia County
Caledonia County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 65% of counties and more parkland per resident than 75% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Caledonia County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Caledonia County growing, and who is moving in?
Caledonia County has lost about 1% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Orange County, VT.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Caledonia County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Caledonia County, month by month
Caledonia County sees roughly 82 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 Caledonia County
The nearest airport, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 155 miles away.
The best schools in and around Caledonia County
Schools across Caledonia County average a C−, better than 22% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Peacham Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Newark SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Barnet Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Daisy Bronson Junior High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Colebrook Academy And Elementary School (h)C · 34% proficient
- Lisbon Regional School (high)C · 34% proficient
- White Mountains Regional High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Caledonia County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Caledonia County 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 Caledonia County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Caledonia County suits
Families
Schools land around the 22nd percentile and crime safety beats 86%.
Common questions about living in Caledonia County
Is Caledonia County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Caledonia County ranks 1,548th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on tree cover, heat safety, and clean air, and lowest on property taxes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Caledonia County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $227,632. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $74,080 median income, cost of living beats 46% of counties.
Is Caledonia County safe?
Yes, Caledonia County is safer than 86% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $261 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Caledonia County?
July highs average about 81 degrees, and January highs near 29 with lows near 14. That works out to about 82 pleasant days a year, more than 42% of counties.
Is Caledonia County good for families?
Schools beat 22% of counties, crime safety beats 86%, and childcare runs $1,213 a month.
Compare Caledonia County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Caledonia County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Caledonia County 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.
Caledonia County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Caledonia County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Caledonia County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Caledonia County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Caledonia County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Caledonia County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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