Best PlacesEast Ryegate, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Ryegate, 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 Ryegate ranks 31,054th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Ryegate
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 Ryegate's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Ryegate ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 82% of towns
Where East Ryegate ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Ryegate
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Ryegate home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,878, 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 Ryegate's effective rate of 1.44%, 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 Ryegate
East Ryegate 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 Ryegate.
Who works in East Ryegate, and how
Work in East Ryegate 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 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in East Ryegate
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Ryegate.
What the weather is like in East Ryegate, month by month
East Ryegate sees roughly 90 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 East Ryegate
The nearest airport, Lebanon Municipal, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 139 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Ryegate
Schools across East Ryegate average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monroe Consolidated SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Woodsville Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Lisbon Regional School (high)C · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Ryegate school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Ryegate 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 Ryegate against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Ryegate
Is East Ryegate a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Ryegate ranks 31,054th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, clean air, and transit, and lowest on an overheated housing market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Ryegate expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $225,458. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $66,878 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is East Ryegate safe?
Yes, East Ryegate is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $173 per resident a year.
Compare East Ryegate with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Ryegate. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Ryegate 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 Ryegate detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Ryegate: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Ryegate: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Ryegate: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Ryegate: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Ryegate 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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