Best PlacesWeathersfield Bow, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Weathersfield Bow, 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.
Weathersfield Bow ranks 22,368th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Weathersfield Bow
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.
Weathersfield Bow's strengths and weaknesses
Where Weathersfield Bow ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
Where Weathersfield Bow ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,505 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Weathersfield Bow
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Weathersfield Bow home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $81,535; 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 Weathersfield Bow's effective rate of 1.94%, 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 Weathersfield Bow
Weathersfield Bow 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 Weathersfield Bow.
Who works in Weathersfield Bow, and how
Work in Weathersfield Bow centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Weathersfield Bow
Weathersfield Bow has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Weathersfield Bow and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Weathersfield Bow, month by month
Weathersfield Bow sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 15° |
| April | 59° | 45° | 33° |
| July | 85° | 71° | 58° |
| October | 64° | 50° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Weathersfield Bow
The nearest airport, Lebanon Municipal, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Weathersfield Bow
Schools across Weathersfield Bow average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Maple Avenue SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Union Street SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- N. Charlestown Community SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Claremont Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Riverside Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Stevens High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Springfield High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Weathersfield Bow school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Weathersfield Bow 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 Weathersfield Bow against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Weathersfield Bow
Is Weathersfield Bow a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Weathersfield Bow ranks 22,368th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, clean air, and an educated workforce, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Weathersfield Bow expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $292,967. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $81,535 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Weathersfield Bow safe?
Yes, Weathersfield Bow is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $247 per resident a year.
Compare Weathersfield Bow with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Weathersfield Bow. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Weathersfield Bow 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.
Weathersfield Bow detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Weathersfield Bow: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Weathersfield Bow: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Weathersfield Bow: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Weathersfield Bow: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Weathersfield Bow 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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