About Waterbury
Waterbury, VT is a small unincorporated community located in central Vermont.
Waterbury holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.29 square miles.
📰 Waterbury News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Waterbury Unique
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Part of the fabric of Vermont — one of 180 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Waterbury
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Waterbury
- Bent Nails Roadhouse — american
- Gallus Handcrafted Pasta
- Hen of the Wood
- Red Hen Cafe (café)
- Allium
- Black Cap (café)
- China Star — chinese
- Hender's Bake Shop & Cafe (café)
- KC's Bagel Cafe (café)
- Maxi's Restaurant
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Flavor Graveyard · Attraction
- Ben & Jerry's Factory Tour · Attraction
- Elm Harris Jewler Studio · Art gallery
- Kurt Buliger Photography Gallery and Studio · Art gallery
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Waterbury
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Waterbury
- Brookside Primary School
- Crossett Brook Middle School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.