Best PlacesBlack Eagle, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Black Eagle, 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.
Black Eagle ranks 5,818th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Black Eagle
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.
Black Eagle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Black Eagle ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute15.7 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
Where Black Eagle ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,039 a month, better than only 22% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Black Eagle
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Black Eagle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,244, 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 Black Eagle's effective rate of 0.78%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Black Eagle
Black Eagle 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 Black Eagle.
Who works in Black Eagle, and how
Work in Black Eagle centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Black Eagle
Black Eagle has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Black Eagle and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Black Eagle, month by month
Black Eagle sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 26° | 16° |
| April | 57° | 43° | 29° |
| July | 88° | 71° | 53° |
| October | 60° | 45° | 33° |
Flying in and out of Black Eagle
The nearest airport, Great Falls International, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 364 miles away.
The best schools in and around Black Eagle
Schools across Black Eagle average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Riverview SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Silver Hills Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Sacajawea SchoolB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- East Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- C M Russell High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Great Falls High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Black Eagle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Black Eagle 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 Black Eagle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Black Eagle
Is Black Eagle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Black Eagle ranks 5,818th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, low disaster risk, and short commutes, and lowest on distance from a big city and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Black Eagle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $283,164. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $89,244 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Black Eagle safe?
Black Eagle is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $477 per resident a year.
Compare Black Eagle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Black Eagle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Black Eagle 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.
Black Eagle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Black Eagle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Black Eagle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Black Eagle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Black Eagle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Black Eagle 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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