Best PlacesIsle La Motte, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Isle La Motte, 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.
Isle La Motte ranks 15,648th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Isle La Motte
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.
Isle La Motte's strengths and weaknesses
Where Isle La Motte ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
Where Isle La Motte ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,625 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute38.2 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Isle La Motte
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Isle La Motte home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,500, 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 Isle La Motte's effective rate of 1.30%, 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 Isle La Motte
Isle La Motte 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 Isle La Motte.
Who works in Isle La Motte, and how
Work in Isle La Motte centers on public administration and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Isle La Motte
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Isle La Motte.
What the weather is like in Isle La Motte, month by month
Isle La Motte sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 22° | 12° |
| April | 57° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Isle La Motte
The nearest airport, Plattsburgh International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 206 miles away.
The best schools in and around Isle La Motte
Schools across Isle La Motte average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chazy Central Rural Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Top high schools
- Beekmantown High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Isle La Motte school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Isle La Motte 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 Isle La Motte against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Isle La Motte
Is Isle La Motte a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Isle La Motte ranks 15,648th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, quiet, and low disaster risk, and lowest on childcare costs and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Isle La Motte expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $269,300. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $82,500 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Isle La Motte safe?
Yes, Isle La Motte is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $196 per resident a year.
Compare Isle La Motte with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Isle La Motte. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Isle La Motte 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.
Isle La Motte detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Isle La Motte: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Isle La Motte: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Isle La Motte: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Isle La Motte: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Isle La Motte 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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