Best PlacesVershire Heights, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vershire Heights, 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.
Vershire Heights ranks 25,818th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Vershire Heights
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.
Vershire Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Vershire Heights ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Vershire Heights ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,513 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vershire Heights
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vershire Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $65,913, 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 Vershire Heights' effective rate of 1.40%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Vershire Heights
Vershire Heights 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 Vershire Heights.
Who works in Vershire Heights, and how
Work in Vershire Heights centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Vershire Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vershire Heights.
What the weather is like in Vershire Heights, month by month
Vershire Heights sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 21° | 12° |
| April | 55° | 42° | 31° |
| July | 82° | 69° | 57° |
| October | 61° | 49° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Vershire Heights
The nearest airport, Lebanon Municipal, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 133 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vershire Heights
Schools across Vershire Heights average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Piermont Village SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Woodsville High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vershire Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vershire Heights 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 Vershire Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vershire Heights
Is Vershire Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vershire Heights ranks 25,818th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, a strong job market, and heat safety, and lowest on internet speeds and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vershire Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $260,900. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $65,913 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Vershire Heights safe?
Yes, Vershire Heights is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $207 per resident a year.
Compare Vershire Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vershire Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vershire Heights 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.
Vershire Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vershire Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vershire Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vershire Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vershire Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vershire Heights 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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