Rankings

Best Places to Live in Vermont

289 cities ranked by livability score (crime + housing + schools + cost of living).

Best Places to Live in Vermont (2026)

Rank	City	Livability	Population	Median Price
#1	Burlington, VT	50	122,833	$0
#2	South Burlington, VT	50	20,756	$0
#3	Colchester, VT	50	17,680	$0
#4	Brattleboro, VT	50	16,955	$0
#5	Rutland, VT	50	15,712	$0
#6	Saint Albans, VT	50	15,580	$0
#7	Bennington, VT	50	14,998	$0
#8	Milton, VT	50	13,324	$0
#9	Middlebury, VT	50	11,094	$0
#10	Williston, VT	50	10,956	$0
#11	Essex Junction, VT	50	10,803	$0
#12	Springfield, VT	50	9,116	$0
#13	Saint Johnsbury, VT	50	9,106	$0
#14	Swanton, VT	50	8,469	$0
#15	Barre, VT	50	8,412	$0
#16	Winooski, VT	50	8,293	$0
#17	Montpelier, VT	50	8,014	$0
#18	Shelburne, VT	50	7,969	$0
#19	St. Albans, VT	50	6,954	$0
#20	Northfield, VT	50	6,840	$0
#21	Bristol, VT	50	6,549	$0
#22	Brandon, VT	50	6,015	$0
#23	Jericho, VT	50	5,735	$0
#24	Fairfax, VT	50	5,364	$0
#25	Stowe, VT	50	5,285	$0
#26	Putney, VT	50	5,177	$0
#27	Waterbury, VT	50	5,032	$0
#28	Hinesburg, VT	50	4,898	$0
#29	Chester, VT	50	4,767	$0
#30	Windsor, VT	50	4,462	$0
#31	Richmond, VT	50	4,454	$0
#32	Newport, VT	50	4,394	$0
#33	Randolph, VT	50	4,268	$0
#34	Fair Haven, VT	50	4,160	$0
#35	Charlotte, VT	50	3,916	$0
#36	Arlington, VT	50	3,847	$0
#37	Castleton, VT	50	3,651	$0
#38	Underhill, VT	50	3,484	$0
#39	Norwich, VT	50	3,463	$0
#40	Johnson, VT	50	3,458	$0
#41	Woodstock, VT	50	3,443	$0
#42	White River Junction, VT	50	3,364	$0
#43	West Rutland, VT	50	3,229	$0
#44	Richford, VT	50	3,218	$0
#45	Williamstown, VT	50	3,147	$0
#46	Poultney, VT	50	3,106	$0
#47	Wilder, VT	50	3,087	$0
#48	Bradford, VT	50	3,081	$0
#49	Pittsford, VT	50	3,037	$0
#50	Hyde Park, VT	50	3,000	$0
#51	Bellows Falls, VT	50	2,891	$0
#52	Bethel, VT	50	2,817	$0
#53	West Brattleboro, VT	50	2,749	$0
#54	Vernon, VT	50	2,709	$0
#55	Morrisville, VT	50	2,664	$0
#56	Barton, VT	50	2,649	$0
#57	Waitsfield, VT	50	2,570	$0
#58	Vergennes, VT	50	2,565	$0
#59	Hartland, VT	50	2,506	$0
#60	Plainfield, VT	50	2,412	$0
#61	Wallingford, VT	50	2,279	$0
#62	Grand Isle, VT	50	2,278	$0
#63	Ludlow, VT	50	2,241	$0
#64	Hardwick, VT	50	2,198	$0
#65	Danville, VT	50	2,092	$0
#66	Shaftsbury, VT	50	2,043	$0
#67	Manchester Center, VT	50	2,037	$0
#68	Wilmington, VT	50	1,886	$0
#69	Moretown, VT	50	1,882	$0
#70	Alburgh, VT	50	1,832	$0
#71	Randolph Center, VT	50	1,788	$0
#72	Fairlee, VT	50	1,779	$0
#73	Cambridge, VT	50	1,752	$0
#74	Marshfield, VT	50	1,725	$0
#75	Sheldon, VT	50	1,717	$0
#76	Franklin, VT	50	1,696	$0
#77	Derby, VT	50	1,688	$0
#78	Dorset, VT	50	1,674	$0
#79	Newfane, VT	50	1,667	$0
#80	Starksboro, VT	50	1,598	$0
#81	Perkinsville, VT	50	1,590	$0
#82	Proctor, VT	50	1,586	$0
#83	Warren, VT	50	1,585	$0
#84	Enosburg Falls, VT	50	1,570	$0
#85	East Hardwick, VT	50	1,531	$0
#86	East Montpelier, VT	50	1,510	$0
#87	Irasburg, VT	50	1,464	$0
#88	Thetford Center, VT	50	1,438	$0
#89	North Ferrisburgh, VT	50	1,423	$0
#90	Lyndonville, VT	50	1,408	$0
#91	Rochester, VT	50	1,393	$0
#92	Chelsea, VT	50	1,371	$0
#93	South Barre, VT	50	1,346	$0
#94	North Bennington, VT	50	1,336	$0
#95	Bridport, VT	50	1,297	$0
#96	Cuttingsville, VT	50	1,295	$0
#97	Fairfield, VT	50	1,286	$0
#98	North Hero, VT	50	1,263	$0
#99	Groton, VT	50	1,241	$0
#100	Salisbury, VT	50	1,238	$0
#101	Sharon, VT	50	1,198	$0
#102	Bomoseen, VT	50	1,187	$0
#103	Shoreham, VT	50	1,185	$0
#104	Brookfield, VT	50	1,169	$0
#105	Concord, VT	50	1,155	$0
#106	Westminster, VT	50	1,151	$0
#107	Worcester, VT	50	1,149	$0
#108	Cabot, VT	50	1,122	$0
#109	Tunbridge, VT	50	1,116	$0
#110	Barnet, VT	50	1,109	$0
#111	Wells, VT	50	1,102	$0
#112	Lowell, VT	50	1,070	$0
#113	East Calais, VT	50	1,029	$0
#114	East Barre, VT	50	1,017	$0
#115	East Fairfield, VT	50	1,010	$0
#116	Ferrisburgh, VT	50	998	$0
#117	Orwell, VT	50	993	$0
#118	Whiting, VT	50	990	$0
#119	Guildhall, VT	50	968	$0
#120	Brownsville, VT	50	949	$0
#121	Corinth, VT	50	935	$0
#122	Newbury, VT	50	927	$0
#123	Vershire, VT	50	914	$0
#124	East Thetford, VT	50	907	$0
#125	Washington, VT	50	898	$0
#126	West Danville, VT	50	864	$0
#127	Island Pond, VT	50	852	$0
#128	Readsboro, VT	50	844	$0
#129	Craftsbury, VT	50	839	$0
#130	Eden, VT	50	816	$0
#131	Orleans, VT	50	809	$0
#132	West Charleston, VT	50	809	$0
#133	East Wallingford, VT	50	803	$0
#134	Canaan, VT	50	801	$0
#135	Killington, VT	50	785	$0
#136	Derby Line, VT	50	783	$0
#137	Stockbridge, VT	50	782	$0
#138	South Ryegate, VT	50	778	$0
#139	Bridgewater Corners, VT	50	772	$0
#140	Roxbury, VT	50	768	$0
#141	West Townshend, VT	50	757	$0
#142	Strafford, VT	50	751	$0
#143	Bondville, VT	50	745	$0
#144	Morgan, VT	50	743	$0
#145	West Dover, VT	50	738	$0
#146	Castleton Four Corners, VT	50	732	$0
#147	East Dover, VT	50	728	$0
#148	Waterville, VT	50	725	$0
#149	Montgomery Center, VT	50	719	$0
#150	Jeffersonville, VT	50	718	$0
#151	Reading, VT	50	705	$0
#152	Mount Holly, VT	50	700	$0
#153	Derby Center, VT	50	693	$0
#154	Glover, VT	50	664	$0
#155	West Woodstock, VT	50	657	$0
#156	West Topsham, VT	50	647	$0
#157	Craftsbury Common, VT	50	630	$0
#158	East Ryegate, VT	50	602	$0
#159	East Corinth, VT	50	589	$0
#160	Isle La Motte, VT	50	577	$0
#161	Pownal, VT	50	570	$0
#162	Westfield, VT	50	568	$0
#163	South Shaftsbury, VT	50	566	$0
#164	Cavendish, VT	50	564	$0
#165	Saxtons River, VT	50	553	$0
#166	Eden Mills, VT	50	535	$0
#167	Belmont, VT	50	525	$0
#168	Huntington, VT	50	516	$0
#169	Marlboro, VT	50	514	$0
#170	West Wardsboro, VT	50	512	$0
#171	South Strafford, VT	50	510	$0
#172	Ripton, VT	50	508	$0
#173	North Troy, VT	50	506	$0
#174	Killington Village, VT	50	506	$0
#175	Topsham, VT	50	495	$0
#176	Calais, VT	50	483	$0
#177	Websterville, VT	50	471	$0
#178	Stamford, VT	50	466	$0
#179	South Royalton, VT	50	458	$0
#180	Pownal Center, VT	50	456	$0
#181	East Arlington, VT	50	455	$0
#182	Peru, VT	50	448	$0
#183	Manchester, VT	50	439	$0
#184	Hancock, VT	50	435	$0
#185	Underhill Flats, VT	50	434	$0
#186	Proctorsville, VT	50	427	$0
#187	North Springfield, VT	50	427	$0
#188	Hartford Village, VT	50	426	$0
#189	Belvidere Center, VT	50	422	$0
#190	Quechee, VT	50	412	$0
#191	Saint George, VT	50	411	$0
#192	Center Rutland, VT	50	408	$0
#193	West Halifax, VT	50	403	$0
#194	Highgate Center, VT	50	401	$0
#195	North Hyde Park, VT	50	396	$0
#196	Pittsfield, VT	50	387	$0
#197	Ascutney, VT	50	381	$0
#198	East Randolph, VT	50	372	$0
#199	Florence, VT	50	372	$0
#200	West Pawlet, VT	50	368	$0
#201	Granville, VT	50	361	$0
#202	Plymouth, VT	50	352	$0
#203	West Rupert, VT	50	341	$0
#204	Wells River, VT	50	340	$0
#205	Bakersfield, VT	50	340	$0
#206	North Concord, VT	50	340	$0
#207	North Pomfret, VT	50	333	$0
#208	East Middlebury, VT	50	332	$0
#209	Pawlet, VT	50	330	$0
#210	North Hartland, VT	50	322	$0
#211	North Pownal, VT	50	308	$0
#212	East Haven, VT	50	301	$0
#213	Albany, VT	50	300	$0
#214	North Clarendon, VT	50	297	$0
#215	Greensboro, VT	50	297	$0
#216	Lyndon Center, VT	50	291	$0
#217	South Pomfret, VT	50	291	$0
#218	Newport Center, VT	50	280	$0
#219	Lincoln, VT	50	279	$0
#220	Waterbury Center, VT	50	273	$0
#221	Adamant, VT	50	259	$0
#222	Bolton Valley, VT	50	252	$0
#223	Graniteville, VT	50	244	$0
#224	Algiers, VT	50	242	$0
#225	Jericho Center, VT	50	241	$0
#226	Peacham, VT	50	237	$0
#227	Greensboro Bend, VT	50	224	$0
#228	New Haven, VT	50	221	$0
#229	South Hero, VT	50	219	$0
#230	Wolcott, VT	50	212	$0
#231	McIndoe Falls, VT	50	209	$0
#232	West Charlotte, VT	50	208	$0
#233	Lunenburg, VT	50	201	$0
#234	West Fairlee, VT	50	193	$0
#235	Sheffield, VT	50	190	$0
#236	South Newfane, VT	50	190	$0
#237	South Lincoln, VT	50	189	$0
#238	West Hartford, VT	50	183	$0
#239	Old Bennington, VT	50	182	$0
#240	Huntington Center, VT	50	181	$0
#241	Middletown Springs, VT	50	181	$0
#242	Bridgewater, VT	50	180	$0
#243	Whitingham, VT	50	178	$0
#244	East Dorset, VT	50	177	$0
#245	East Poultney, VT	50	176	$0
#246	Danby, VT	50	172	$0
#247	Gilman, VT	50	165	$0
#248	West Burke, VT	50	161	$0
#249	Lyndon, VT	50	160	$0
#250	Townshend, VT	50	160	$0
#251	Sutton, VT	50	160	$0
#252	Westford, VT	50	153	$0
#253	Williamsville, VT	50	152	$0
#254	East Burke, VT	50	151	$0
#255	Harmonyville, VT	50	151	$0
#256	Londonderry, VT	50	137	$0
#257	Post Mills, VT	50	128	$0
#258	Coventry, VT	50	126	$0
#259	North Westminster, VT	50	125	$0
#260	East Berkshire, VT	50	120	$0
#261	Woodbury, VT	50	119	$0
#262	Norton, VT	50	108	$0
#263	Jacksonville, VT	50	106	$0
#264	East Charlotte, VT	50	102	$0
#265	Chittenden, VT	50	93	$0
#266	Stratton Mountain, VT	50	87	$0
#267	Grafton, VT	50	82	$0
#268	South Woodstock, VT	50	79	$0
#269	Chimney Hill, VT	50	75	$0
#270	Rupert, VT	50	70	$0
#271	South Londonderry, VT	50	68	$0
#272	Beecher Falls, VT	50	67	$0
#273	Cambridgeport, VT	50	66	$0
#274	Taftsville, VT	50	64	$0
#275	Jamaica, VT	50	59	$0
#276	Weston, VT	50	52	$0
#277	Wardsboro, VT	50	48	$0
#278	West Dummerston, VT	50	46	$0
#279	Barnard, VT	50	44	$0
#280	Hanksville, VT	50	41	$0
#281	Underhill Center, VT	50	40	$0
#282	Troy, VT	50	40	$0
#283	Benson, VT	50	35	$0
#284	Granby, VT	50	34	$0
#285	East Charleston, VT	50	28	$0
#286	Bolton, VT	50	17	$0
#287	North Montpelier, VT	50	17	$0
#288	Averill, VT	50	9	$0
#289	Highgate Springs, VT	50	1	$0

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