Best PlacesQuechee, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Quechee, 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.
Quechee ranks 17,304th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Quechee
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.
Quechee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Quechee ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
Where Quechee ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,505 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Quechee
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Quechee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $98,109; 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 Quechee's effective rate of 1.70%, 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 Quechee
Quechee 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 Quechee.
Who works in Quechee, and how
Work in Quechee centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Quechee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Quechee.
What the weather is like in Quechee, month by month
Quechee sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 24° | 14° |
| April | 60° | 45° | 33° |
| July | 87° | 72° | 59° |
| October | 65° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Quechee
The nearest airport, Lebanon Municipal, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 114 miles away.
The best schools in and around Quechee
Schools across Quechee average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Plainfield Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Ottauquechee SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Mt. Lebanon SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hartford Memorial Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Hanover High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Lebanon High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Hartford High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Quechee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Quechee 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 Quechee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Quechee
Is Quechee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Quechee ranks 17,304th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, clean air, and population health, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Quechee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $356,411. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $98,109 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Quechee safe?
Yes, Quechee is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $259 per resident a year.
Compare Quechee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Quechee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Quechee 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.
Quechee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Quechee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Quechee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Quechee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Quechee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Quechee 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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