Best PlacesEast Barre, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Barre, 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.
East Barre ranks 10,577th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Barre
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.
East Barre's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Barre ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of towns
Where East Barre ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,457 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of towns
- School gradeC, better than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Barre
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Barre home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,312, 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 East Barre's effective rate of 1.53%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in East Barre
East Barre runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Barre.
Who works in East Barre, and how
Work in East Barre centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in East Barre
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Barre.
What the weather is like in East Barre, month by month
East Barre sees roughly 68 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 East Barre
The nearest airport, Lebanon Municipal, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 143 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Barre
Schools across East Barre average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monroe Consolidated SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Woodsville Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Woodsville High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Barre school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Barre 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 East Barre against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Barre
Is East Barre a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Barre ranks 10,577th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, tree cover, and population health, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Barre expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $228,531. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $90,312 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is East Barre safe?
Yes, East Barre is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $182 per resident a year.
Compare East Barre with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Barre. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Barre 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.
East Barre detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Barre: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Barre: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Barre: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Barre: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Barre 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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