Best PlacesEast Dover, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Dover, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
East Dover ranks 32,488th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Dover
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 Dover's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Dover ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
Where East Dover ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,392 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Dover
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Dover home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $52,650, 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 East Dover's effective rate of 1.44%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in East Dover
East Dover 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 East Dover.
Who works in East Dover, and how
Work in East Dover centers on real estate and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 57%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in East Dover
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Dover.
What the weather is like in East Dover, month by month
East Dover sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 16° |
| April | 60° | 46° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 71° | 58° |
| October | 65° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of East Dover
The nearest airport, Rutland/Southern Vermont Regional, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Dover
Schools across East Dover average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chesterfield Central SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Hinsdale High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Dover school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Dover 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 Dover against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Dover
Is East Dover a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Dover ranks 32,488th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, clean air, and an educated workforce, and lowest on an overheated housing 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 East Dover expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $340,628. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $52,650 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is East Dover safe?
Yes, East Dover is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $251 per resident a year.
Compare East Dover with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Dover. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Dover 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 Dover detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Dover: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Dover: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Dover: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Dover: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Dover 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.