Best PlacesAlbin, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Albin, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Albin ranks 20,931st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Albin
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.
Albin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Albin ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$107,396 median, better than 89% of towns
Where Albin ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute42.7 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Albin
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Albin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $107,396, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Albin's effective rate of 0.51%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Albin
Albin 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 Albin.
Who works in Albin, and how
Work in Albin centers on transportation & warehousing and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Albin
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Albin.
What the weather is like in Albin, month by month
Albin sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 28° | 18° |
| April | 60° | 43° | 29° |
| July | 88° | 72° | 57° |
| October | 64° | 48° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Albin
The nearest airport, Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 111 miles away.
The best schools in and around Albin
Schools across Albin average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Albin ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Burns ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Burns Jr & Sr High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Albin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Albin 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 Albin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Albin
Is Albin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Albin ranks 20,931st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low taxes, and population health, and lowest on tree cover and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Albin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $241,000. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $107,396 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Albin safe?
Albin is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $323 per resident a year.
Compare Albin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Albin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Albin 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.
Albin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Albin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Albin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Albin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Albin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Albin 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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