Best PlacesLamoille County, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Lamoille County, 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.
Lamoille County ranks 798th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lamoille County
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.
Lamoille County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lamoille County ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 96% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of counties
- QuietBetter than 95% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of counties
Where Lamoille County ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of counties
- Cheap childcare$1,446 a month, better than only 3% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 12% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Lamoille County
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lamoille County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,515, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Lamoille County's effective rate of 1.46%, 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 Lamoille County
Lamoille County 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 Lamoille County.
Who works in Lamoille County, and how
Work in Lamoille County centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Lamoille County
Lamoille County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of counties and more parkland per resident than 72% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Lamoille County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Lamoille County growing, and who is moving in?
Lamoille County has grown about 4% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Burlington, VT.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Lamoille County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Lamoille County, month by month
Lamoille County sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 20° | 10° |
| April | 56° | 42° | 30° |
| July | 83° | 69° | 56° |
| October | 62° | 49° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Lamoille County
The nearest airport, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 174 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lamoille County
Schools across Lamoille County average a B, better than 81% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Elmore SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Cumberland Head Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Stowe Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stowe Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Stafford Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Peoples Academy Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Plattsburgh Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Stowe High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Lisbon Regional School (high)C · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lamoille County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lamoille County 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 Lamoille County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Lamoille County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 13% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Lamoille County
Is Lamoille County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lamoille County ranks 798th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on tree cover, heat safety, and quiet, and lowest on cell coverage and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lamoille County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $348,618. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $77,515 median income, cost of living beats 40% of counties.
Is Lamoille County safe?
Yes, Lamoille County is safer than 88% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $252 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lamoille County?
July highs average about 83 degrees, and January highs near 31 with lows near 10. That works out to about 66 pleasant days a year, more than 14% of counties.
Is Lamoille County good for families?
Schools beat 81% of counties, crime safety beats 88%, and childcare runs $1,446 a month.
Compare Lamoille County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lamoille County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lamoille County 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.
Lamoille County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lamoille County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lamoille County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lamoille County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lamoille County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lamoille County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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