Best PlacesMackville, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mackville, 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.
Mackville ranks 23,375th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mackville
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.
Mackville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mackville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 85% of towns
- Short commute22.0 minutes each way, better than 80% of towns
Where Mackville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,214 a month, better than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mackville
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mackville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,790, 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 Mackville's effective rate of 1.73%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mackville
Mackville 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 Mackville.
Who works in Mackville, and how
Work in Mackville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Mackville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mackville.
What the weather is like in Mackville, month by month
Mackville sees roughly 62 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 Mackville
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 161 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mackville
Schools across Mackville average a C+, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mildred C. Lakeway SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Daisy Bronson Junior High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Littleton High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mackville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mackville 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 Mackville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mackville
Is Mackville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mackville ranks 23,375th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, clean air, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on property taxes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mackville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $240,454. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $74,790 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Mackville safe?
Yes, Mackville is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $289 per resident a year.
Compare Mackville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mackville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mackville 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.
Mackville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mackville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mackville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mackville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mackville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mackville 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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