Best PlacesLyndon Center, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lyndon Center, 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.
Lyndon Center ranks 27,588th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lyndon Center
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.
Lyndon Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lyndon Center ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
Where Lyndon Center ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,213 a month, better than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lyndon Center
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lyndon Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $69,049; 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 Lyndon Center's effective rate of 1.69%, 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 Lyndon Center
Lyndon Center 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 Lyndon Center.
Who works in Lyndon Center, and how
Work in Lyndon Center centers on education and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Lyndon Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lyndon Center.
What the weather is like in Lyndon Center, month by month
Lyndon Center sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 19° | 10° |
| April | 54° | 41° | 30° |
| July | 80° | 68° | 56° |
| October | 60° | 48° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Lyndon Center
The nearest airport, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, is about 56 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 160 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lyndon Center
Schools across Lyndon Center average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mildred C. Lakeway SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Lancaster Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Stratford Public SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Daisy Bronson Junior High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- White Mountains Regional High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Littleton High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lyndon Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lyndon Center 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 Lyndon Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lyndon Center
Is Lyndon Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lyndon Center ranks 27,588th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, few empty homes, and population health, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lyndon Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $244,959. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $69,049 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Lyndon Center safe?
Yes, Lyndon Center is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $212 per resident a year.
Compare Lyndon Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lyndon Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lyndon Center 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.
Lyndon Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lyndon Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lyndon Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lyndon Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lyndon Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lyndon Center 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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