Best PlacesEast Montpelier, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Montpelier, 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 Montpelier ranks 7,941st 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 Montpelier
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 Montpelier's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Montpelier ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
Where East Montpelier ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,417 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Montpelier
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Montpelier home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $92,249; 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 East Montpelier's effective rate of 1.59%, 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 Montpelier
East Montpelier 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 Montpelier.
Who works in East Montpelier, and how
Work in East Montpelier centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in East Montpelier
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Montpelier.
What the weather is like in East Montpelier, month by month
East Montpelier sees roughly 69 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 Montpelier
The nearest airport, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 151 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Montpelier
Schools across East Montpelier average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Montpelier Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Monroe Consolidated SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- U-32 Middle & High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Montpelier school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Montpelier 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 Montpelier against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Montpelier
Is East Montpelier a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Montpelier ranks 7,941st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, population health, and heat safety, 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 Montpelier expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $352,111. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $92,249 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is East Montpelier safe?
Yes, East Montpelier is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $162 per resident a year.
Compare East Montpelier with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Montpelier. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Montpelier 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 Montpelier detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Montpelier: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Montpelier: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Montpelier: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Montpelier: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Montpelier 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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