Stowe is #1 in Vermont for growth
Stowe is ranked on 38 lists against the 74 Vermont towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 12 and the top quarter on 17.
Stowe is on Vermont’s podium 5 times
Each list ranks every VT town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Stowe marked.
More vacation homes than 100% of Vermont
Not better or worse, just Stowe’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for college degrees
Lists where Stowe sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Stowe lands in the top half on 19 of 24 lists
Each dot is Stowe’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in VT, the right end is last. Areas where Stowe does best come first.
Stowe out-ranks 2 of its 4 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Stowe lands in every VT ranking
40 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Stowe · 46.1%
#1
Most trails#1 Winooski · 3.5 mi / sq mi
#3
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Most walkable#1 Swanton · 114 / sq mi
#42 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Stowe · 30.2%
#1
Most new homes#1 Morristown · 18.7 per 1,000
#2
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Stowe · +99.3%
#1
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Essex · 5.0 per home
#4 People
Most educated#1 Norwich · 81%
#5
Youngest#1 Burlington · 26.8
#49
Oldest#1 Woodstock · 56.0
#26
Most residents 65+#1 Woodstock · 32.7%
#14
Most kids#1 Georgia · 27.6%
#9 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Woodstock · 18.6 per resident
#6
Most library borrowing#1 Norwich · 17.7 per resident
#2
Best libraries for kids#1 Middlebury · 45.1 per child
#3 Health
Healthiest#1 Shelburne · 99 / 100
#14
Lowest obesity#1 Shelburne · 22%
#25
Fewest smokers#1 Shelburne · 7%
#8
Most active#1 Richmond · 12%
#14
Fewest uninsured#1 Charlotte · 4%
#9
Lowest depression#1 Shelburne · 24%
#13
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Closest to a top hospital#1 St. Albans · 0.7 mi
#53 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Manchester · 14.4 min
#15 
Safety
Safest#1 Castleton · 0.4
#9 
The number on the right is Stowe’s spot. All of Vermont’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every VT list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.