Best places to live in Vermont
1 Vermont metro scored on the default family weighting — schools and safety heaviest, then affordability, climate, college pipeline and jobs. Change the weights on the ranking engine to see your own order.
Who lives in Vermont
Population-weighted racial and ethnic composition across the 1 tracked Vermont metro, from Census ACS table B03002.
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87%
- Hispanic or Latino
- 2.6%
- Black (non-Hispanic)
- 1.8%
- Asian (non-Hispanic)
- 3.4%
- Other or two or more
- 5.2%
Diversity index 30/100 — how evenly the population is spread across these groups. It is descriptive, not a judgement: weight it up, down or to zero on the ranking engine.
| # | Metro | Score | US rank | Typical home | Schools | Safety | Climate | Diversity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burlington | 47.7 | #64 of 103 | $478k | 59 | 66 | 9° / 81° | 30 |
Figures are compiled estimates. Methodology and sources.