Best PlacesEast Monkton, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Monkton, 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.
East Monkton ranks 1,731st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Monkton
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 Monkton's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Monkton ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
Where East Monkton ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,606 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Monkton
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Monkton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $119,688, 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 Monkton's effective rate of 1.40%, 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 East Monkton
East Monkton 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 Monkton.
Who works in East Monkton, and how
Work in East Monkton centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in East Monkton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Monkton.
What the weather is like in East Monkton, month by month
East Monkton sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 23° | 14° |
| April | 57° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of East Monkton
The nearest airport, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 158 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Monkton
Schools across East Monkton average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lake View CampusA− · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Mountain View CampusA · 70% proficient
- Moriah Junior-senior High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Monkton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Monkton 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 Monkton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Monkton
Is East Monkton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Monkton ranks 1,731st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, civic engagement, and low crime, 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 Monkton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $379,900. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $119,688 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is East Monkton safe?
Yes, East Monkton is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $164 per resident a year.
Compare East Monkton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Monkton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Monkton 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 Monkton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Monkton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Monkton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Monkton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Monkton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Monkton 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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