Best PlacesNewport Center, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Newport Center, 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.
Newport Center ranks 27,720th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Newport 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.
Newport Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Newport Center ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 84% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 84% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Newport Center ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,312 a month, better than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Newport Center
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Newport Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,771, 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 Newport Center's effective rate of 1.44%, 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 Newport Center
Newport 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 Newport Center.
Who works in Newport Center, and how
Work in Newport Center centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Newport Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Newport Center.
What the weather is like in Newport Center, month by month
Newport Center sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 19° | 9° |
| April | 54° | 41° | 30° |
| July | 80° | 68° | 57° |
| October | 60° | 48° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Newport Center
The nearest airport, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 190 miles away.
The best schools in and around Newport Center
Schools across Newport Center average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Newport Town SchoolD · 17% proficient
- Stratford Public SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Colebrook Academy And Elementary School (h)C · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Newport Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Newport 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 Newport Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Newport Center
Is Newport Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Newport Center ranks 27,720th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on cell coverage and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Newport Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $246,739. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $70,771 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Newport Center safe?
Yes, Newport Center is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $220 per resident a year.
Compare Newport Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Newport Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Newport 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.
Newport Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Newport Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Newport Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Newport Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Newport Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Newport 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.