Best PlacesSt. Albans, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around St. Albans, 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.
St. Albans ranks 9,254th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in St. Albans
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.
St. Albans' strengths and weaknesses
Where St. Albans ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 84% of towns
Where St. Albans ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,322 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in St. Albans
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median St. Albans home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $76,539, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 St. Albans' effective rate of 1.45%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in St. Albans
St. Albans's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 St. Albans.
Who works in St. Albans, and how
Work in St. Albans 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 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in St. Albans
St. Albans has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns and more parkland per resident than 86% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of St. Albans and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in St. Albans, month by month
St. Albans sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 22° | 12° |
| April | 57° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of St. Albans
The nearest airport, Plattsburgh International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 199 miles away.
The best schools in and around St. Albans
Schools across St. Albans average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chazy Central Rural Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Rouses Point Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Cumberland Head Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stafford Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Northeastern Clinton Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Plattsburgh Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Beekmantown High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Bellows Free Academy (st. Albans)C · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every St. Albans school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
St. Albans 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 St. Albans against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in St. Albans
Is St. Albans a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, St. Albans ranks 9,254th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, walkability, and transit, 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 St. Albans expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $311,947. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $76,539 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is St. Albans safe?
Yes, St. Albans is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $265 per resident a year.
Compare St. Albans with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to St. Albans. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in St. Albans 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.
St. Albans detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for St. Albans: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in St. Albans: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of St. Albans: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in St. Albans: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
St. Albans 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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