Best PlacesBozman, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bozman, 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.
Bozman ranks 13,545th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bozman
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.
Bozman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bozman ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$116,094 median, better than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 91% of towns
Where Bozman ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bozman
A household needs to earn about $135,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bozman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $116,094, 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 Bozman's effective rate of 0.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Bozman
Bozman 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 Bozman.
Who works in Bozman, and how
Work in Bozman centers on agriculture & forestry and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Bozman
The coast is about 8 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Bozman, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bozman, month by month
Bozman sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 68° | 58° | 49° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 71° | 62° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Bozman
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 36 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.3 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bozman
Schools across Bozman average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- St. Michaels ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Easton MiddleD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- St. Michaels Middle/high SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bozman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bozman 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 Bozman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bozman
Is Bozman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bozman ranks 13,545th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, big-city access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on taxes 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 Bozman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $536,600. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $116,094 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Bozman safe?
Yes, Bozman is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $202 per resident a year.
Compare Bozman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bozman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bozman 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.
Bozman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bozman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bozman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bozman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bozman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bozman 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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