Best PlacesColbyville, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Colbyville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Colbyville ranks 5,257th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Colbyville
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.
Colbyville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Colbyville ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$135,227 median, better than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
Where Colbyville ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,417 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Colbyville
A household needs to earn about $167,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Colbyville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $135,227, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Colbyville's effective rate of 1.41%, 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 Colbyville
Colbyville 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 Colbyville.
Who works in Colbyville, and how
Work in Colbyville centers on public administration and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 52%
- Work from home 45%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Colbyville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Colbyville.
What the weather is like in Colbyville, month by month
Colbyville sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 21° | 12° |
| April | 55° | 42° | 31° |
| July | 82° | 69° | 57° |
| October | 61° | 49° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Colbyville
The nearest airport, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 162 miles away.
The best schools in and around Colbyville
Schools across Colbyville average a C+, better than 53% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lake View CampusA− · 60% proficient
- Keeseville Primary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Monroe Consolidated SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Peru High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Colbyville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Colbyville 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 Colbyville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Colbyville
Is Colbyville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Colbyville ranks 5,257th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, population health, and high incomes, 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 Colbyville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $590,734. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $135,227 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Colbyville safe?
Yes, Colbyville is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $171 per resident a year.
Compare Colbyville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Colbyville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Colbyville 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.
Colbyville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Colbyville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Colbyville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Colbyville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Colbyville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Colbyville 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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