Best PlacesCraftsbury, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Craftsbury, 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.
Craftsbury ranks 11,805th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Craftsbury
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.
Craftsbury's strengths and weaknesses
Where Craftsbury ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 85% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
Where Craftsbury ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,312 a month, better than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Craftsbury
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Craftsbury home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,430, 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 Craftsbury's effective rate of 1.37%, 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 Craftsbury
Craftsbury's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Craftsbury.
Who works in Craftsbury, and how
Work in Craftsbury centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Craftsbury
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Craftsbury.
What the weather is like in Craftsbury, month by month
Craftsbury sees roughly 65 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 Craftsbury
The nearest airport, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 172 miles away.
The best schools in and around Craftsbury
Schools across Craftsbury average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monroe Consolidated SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Lisbon Regional School (high)C · 34% proficient
- Littleton High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Craftsbury school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Craftsbury 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 Craftsbury against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Craftsbury
Is Craftsbury a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Craftsbury ranks 11,805th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, an educated workforce, and quiet, 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 Craftsbury expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $271,188. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $83,430 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Craftsbury safe?
Yes, Craftsbury is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $124 per resident a year.
Compare Craftsbury with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Craftsbury. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Craftsbury 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.
Craftsbury detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Craftsbury: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Craftsbury: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Craftsbury: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Craftsbury: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Craftsbury 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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