Best PlacesAnaconda, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Anaconda, 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.
Anaconda ranks 27,122nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Anaconda
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.
Anaconda's strengths and weaknesses
Where Anaconda ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- Short commute18.6 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
Where Anaconda ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 20% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Anaconda
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Anaconda home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $58,137; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Anaconda's effective rate of 0.69%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Anaconda
Anaconda 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 Anaconda.
Who works in Anaconda, and how
Work in Anaconda centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Anaconda
Anaconda has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Anaconda and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Anaconda, month by month
Anaconda sees roughly 130 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 6. The comfortable stretch runs June through August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 19° | 6° |
| April | 54° | 38° | 24° |
| July | 85° | 66° | 45° |
| October | 58° | 41° | 27° |
Flying in and out of Anaconda
The nearest airport, Bert Mooney, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 239 miles away.
The best schools in and around Anaconda
Schools across Anaconda average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ramsay SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Philipsburg SchoolC · 35% proficient
- O D Speer SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- E F Duvall 7-8C · 35% proficient
- Philipsburg 7-8C− · 31% proficient
- Anaconda Jr High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Butte High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Granite High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Anaconda Sr High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Anaconda school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Anaconda 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 Anaconda against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Anaconda
Is Anaconda a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Anaconda ranks 27,122nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, clean air, and biking, and lowest on distance from a big city and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Anaconda expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $231,283. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $58,137 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Anaconda safe?
Anaconda is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $743 per resident a year.
Compare Anaconda with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Anaconda. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Anaconda 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.
Anaconda detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Anaconda: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Anaconda: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Anaconda: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Anaconda: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Anaconda 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.