Best PlacesLower Cabot, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lower Cabot, 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.
Lower Cabot ranks 21,784th 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 Lower Cabot
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.
Lower Cabot's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lower Cabot ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 83% of towns
Where Lower Cabot 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
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lower Cabot
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lower Cabot home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $76,886; 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 Lower Cabot's effective rate of 1.63%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lower Cabot
Lower Cabot's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lower Cabot.
Who works in Lower Cabot, and how
Work in Lower Cabot centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Lower Cabot
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lower Cabot.
What the weather is like in Lower Cabot, month by month
Lower Cabot sees roughly 70 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 Lower Cabot
The nearest airport, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 155 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lower Cabot
Schools across Lower Cabot average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monroe Consolidated SchoolB− · 40% 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 Lower Cabot school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lower Cabot 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 Lower Cabot against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lower Cabot
Is Lower Cabot a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lower Cabot ranks 21,784th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, clean air, 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 Lower Cabot expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $268,027. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $76,886 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Lower Cabot safe?
Yes, Lower Cabot is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $222 per resident a year.
Compare Lower Cabot with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lower Cabot. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lower Cabot 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.
Lower Cabot detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lower Cabot: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lower Cabot: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lower Cabot: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lower Cabot: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lower Cabot 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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