Best PlacesBelgrade, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Belgrade, 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.
Belgrade ranks 5,069th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Belgrade
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.
Belgrade's strengths and weaknesses
Where Belgrade ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
Where Belgrade ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,125 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Belgrade
A household needs to earn about $148,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Belgrade home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $102,171, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Belgrade's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 Belgrade
Belgrade runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Belgrade.
Who works in Belgrade, and how
Work in Belgrade centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Belgrade
Belgrade has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of towns and more parkland per resident than 91% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Belgrade and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Belgrade, month by month
Belgrade sees roughly 120 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 21° | 7° |
| April | 58° | 42° | 26° |
| July | 89° | 69° | 49° |
| October | 60° | 43° | 29° |
Flying in and out of Belgrade
The nearest airport, Bozeman Yellowstone International, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 291 miles away.
The best schools in and around Belgrade
Schools across Belgrade average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hawthorne SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Ridge View ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Manhattan ElemB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Shields Valley 7-8A · 60% proficient
- Chief Joseph Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Manhattan 5-8A− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Bozeman High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Manhattan H SB+ · 52% proficient
- Shields Valley High SchlB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Belgrade school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Belgrade 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 Belgrade against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Belgrade suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 77% of towns and 13% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Belgrade
Is Belgrade a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Belgrade ranks 5,069th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, heat safety, and cell coverage, and lowest on an overheated housing market and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Belgrade expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $579,617. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $102,171 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Belgrade safe?
Yes, Belgrade is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $294 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Belgrade?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 33 with lows near 7. That works out to about 120 pleasant days a year, more than 80% of towns.
Is Belgrade good for families?
Schools beat 64% of towns, crime safety beats 82%, and childcare runs $1,125 a month.
Compare Belgrade with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Belgrade. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Belgrade 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.
Belgrade detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Belgrade: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Belgrade: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Belgrade: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Belgrade: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Belgrade 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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