Best PlacesBar Nunn, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bar Nunn, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bar Nunn ranks 5,165th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bar Nunn
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.
Bar Nunn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bar Nunn ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 140 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
Where Bar Nunn ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bar Nunn
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bar Nunn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,098, 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 Bar Nunn's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Bar Nunn
Bar Nunn's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bar Nunn.
Who works in Bar Nunn, and how
Work in Bar Nunn centers on health care & social and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bar Nunn
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bar Nunn.
What the weather is like in Bar Nunn, month by month
Bar Nunn sees roughly 140 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 25° | 14° |
| April | 59° | 41° | 26° |
| July | 93° | 72° | 51° |
| October | 63° | 45° | 30° |
Flying in and out of Bar Nunn
The nearest airport, Casper/Natrona County International, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 229 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bar Nunn
Schools across Bar Nunn average a C+, better than 53% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Summit Elementary SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Bar Nunn ElementaryC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Centennial Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Roosevelt High SchoolF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bar Nunn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bar Nunn 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 Bar Nunn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bar Nunn
Is Bar Nunn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bar Nunn ranks 5,165th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, low crime, and few empty homes, and lowest on tree cover and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bar Nunn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $295,095. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $96,098 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Bar Nunn safe?
Yes, Bar Nunn is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $184 per resident a year.
Compare Bar Nunn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bar Nunn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bar Nunn 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.
Bar Nunn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bar Nunn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bar Nunn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bar Nunn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bar Nunn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bar Nunn 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.
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