Best PlacesDanville Center, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Danville Center, 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.
Danville Center ranks 9,990th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Danville 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.
Danville Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Danville Center ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
Where Danville Center ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,213 a month, better than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of towns
- Short commute32.2 minutes each way, better than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Danville Center
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Danville Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $84,919; 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 Danville Center's effective rate of 1.51%, 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 Danville Center
Danville Center 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 Danville Center.
Who works in Danville Center, and how
Work in Danville Center centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Danville Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Danville Center.
What the weather is like in Danville Center, month by month
Danville Center sees roughly 89 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 Danville Center
The nearest airport, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 152 miles away.
The best schools in and around Danville Center
Schools across Danville Center 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 Danville Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Danville 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 Danville Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Danville Center
Is Danville Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Danville Center ranks 9,990th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, civic engagement, and transit, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Danville Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $313,664. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $84,919 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Danville Center safe?
Yes, Danville Center is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $198 per resident a year.
Compare Danville Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Danville Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Danville 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.
Danville Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Danville Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Danville Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Danville Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Danville Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Danville 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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