Best PlacesVernon-Rockville, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vernon-Rockville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Vernon-Rockville ranks 4,801st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Vernon-Rockville
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.
Vernon-Rockville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vernon-Rockville ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
Where Vernon-Rockville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,310 a month, better than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vernon-Rockville
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vernon-Rockville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,637, 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 Vernon-Rockville's effective rate of 1.90%, 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 Vernon-Rockville
Vernon-Rockville'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 Vernon-Rockville.
Who works in Vernon-Rockville, and how
Work in Vernon-Rockville centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Vernon-Rockville
Vernon-Rockville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of towns and more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Vernon-Rockville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Vernon-Rockville, month by month
Vernon-Rockville sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 63° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Vernon-Rockville
Bradley International sits about 13 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.3 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Vernon-Rockville
Schools across Vernon-Rockville average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Windermere SchoolA · 69% proficient
- George Hersey Robertson SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Lake Street SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Capt. Nathan Hale SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Ellington Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Tolland Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Tolland High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Coventry High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Ellington High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vernon-Rockville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vernon-Rockville 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 Vernon-Rockville against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Vernon-Rockville suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 89% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 15% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Vernon-Rockville
Is Vernon-Rockville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vernon-Rockville ranks 4,801st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, transit, and fast internet, and lowest on property taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vernon-Rockville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $272,537. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $104,637 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Vernon-Rockville safe?
Yes, Vernon-Rockville is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $184 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Vernon-Rockville?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 42 with lows near 23. That works out to about 61 pleasant days a year, more than 10% of towns.
Is Vernon-Rockville good for families?
Schools beat 62% of towns, crime safety beats 77%, and childcare runs $1,310 a month.
Compare Vernon-Rockville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vernon-Rockville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vernon-Rockville 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.
Vernon-Rockville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vernon-Rockville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vernon-Rockville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vernon-Rockville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vernon-Rockville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vernon-Rockville 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.
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