Best PlacesBig Piney, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Big Piney, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Big Piney ranks 16,651st 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 Big Piney
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.
Big Piney's strengths and weaknesses
Where Big Piney ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 153 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
Where Big Piney ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Big Piney
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Big Piney home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $75,823, 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 Big Piney's effective rate of 0.33%, 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 Big Piney
Big Piney runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Big Piney.
Who works in Big Piney, and how
Work in Big Piney centers on agriculture & forestry and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Big Piney
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Big Piney.
What the weather is like in Big Piney, month by month
Big Piney sees roughly 153 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 27, with lows near -3. The comfortable stretch runs June through August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27° | 11° | -3° |
| April | 54° | 36° | 20° |
| July | 85° | 64° | 42° |
| October | 58° | 39° | 22° |
Flying in and out of Big Piney
The nearest airport, Jackson Hole, is about 78 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 156 miles away.
The best schools in and around Big Piney
Schools across Big Piney average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Afton ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Pinedale ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- La Barge ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Osmond ElementaryA+ · 68% proficient
- Pinedale Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Big Piney Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Big Piney High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Pinedale High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Skyline High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Big Piney school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Big Piney 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 Big Piney against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Big Piney
Is Big Piney a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Big Piney ranks 16,651st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, quiet, and low property taxes, 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 Big Piney expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $429,201. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $75,823 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Big Piney safe?
Big Piney is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $390 per resident a year.
Compare Big Piney with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Big Piney. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Big Piney 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.
Big Piney detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Big Piney: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Big Piney: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Big Piney: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Big Piney: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Big Piney 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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