Best PlacesSheffield Square, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sheffield Square, 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.
Sheffield Square ranks 32,539th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sheffield Square
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.
Sheffield Square's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sheffield Square ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
Where Sheffield Square ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,224 a month, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sheffield Square
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sheffield Square home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,877, 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 Sheffield Square's effective rate of 1.48%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sheffield Square
Sheffield Square 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 Sheffield Square.
Who works in Sheffield Square, and how
Work in Sheffield Square centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Sheffield Square
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sheffield Square.
What the weather is like in Sheffield Square, month by month
Sheffield Square sees roughly 76 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 Sheffield Square
The nearest airport, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 166 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sheffield Square
Schools across Sheffield Square average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Millers Run SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Stratford Public SchoolD− · 14% 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 Sheffield Square school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sheffield Square 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 Sheffield Square against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sheffield Square
Is Sheffield Square a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sheffield Square ranks 32,539th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, heat safety, and tree cover, and lowest on empty homes and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sheffield Square expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $196,635. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $65,877 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Sheffield Square safe?
Yes, Sheffield Square is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $179 per resident a year.
Compare Sheffield Square with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sheffield Square. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sheffield Square 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.
Sheffield Square detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sheffield Square: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sheffield Square: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sheffield Square: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sheffield Square: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sheffield Square 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.