Best PlacesGuildhall, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Guildhall, 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.
Guildhall ranks 34,272nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Guildhall
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.
Guildhall's strengths and weaknesses
Where Guildhall ranks high
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 85% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 79% of towns
Where Guildhall ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,437 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Guildhall
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Guildhall home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,057, 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 Guildhall's effective rate of 1.38%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Guildhall
Guildhall 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 Guildhall.
Who works in Guildhall, and how
Work in Guildhall centers on construction and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Guildhall
Guildhall has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Guildhall and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Guildhall, month by month
Guildhall sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 8. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 19° | 8° |
| April | 56° | 41° | 28° |
| July | 82° | 68° | 53° |
| October | 62° | 47° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Guildhall
The nearest airport, Lebanon Municipal, is about 76 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 157 miles away.
The best schools in and around Guildhall
Schools across Guildhall average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Colebrook Academy And Elementary School (e)C− · 28% proficient
- Lancaster Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Groveton Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Groveton High School (middle)D · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Colebrook Academy And Elementary School (h)C · 34% proficient
- White Mountains Regional High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Groveton High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Guildhall school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Guildhall 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 Guildhall against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Guildhall
Is Guildhall a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Guildhall ranks 34,272nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, cheap car insurance, and clean air, and lowest on childcare costs and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Guildhall expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $199,181. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $65,057 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Guildhall safe?
Yes, Guildhall is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $290 per resident a year.
Compare Guildhall with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Guildhall. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Guildhall 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.
Guildhall detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Guildhall: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Guildhall: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Guildhall: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Guildhall: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Guildhall 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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