Best PlacesChapman, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chapman, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Chapman ranks 37,179th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Chapman
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.
Chapman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chapman ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 143 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute19.7 minutes each way, better than 89% of towns
Where Chapman ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chapman
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chapman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,778, 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 Chapman's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Chapman
Chapman 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 Chapman.
Who works in Chapman, and how
Work in Chapman centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Chapman
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Chapman.
What the weather is like in Chapman, month by month
Chapman sees roughly 143 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 8. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 20° | 8° |
| April | 59° | 43° | 28° |
| July | 91° | 72° | 53° |
| October | 60° | 43° | 30° |
Flying in and out of Chapman
The nearest airport, Havre City-County, is about 77 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 532 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chapman
Schools across Chapman average a C+, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Malta K-5B · 50% proficient
- Turner SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Dodson SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Malta 6-7-8B− · 40% proficient
- Dodson 7-8D+ · 25% proficient
- Turner 7-8D+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Dodson High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Malta High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chapman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chapman 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 Chapman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chapman
Is Chapman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chapman ranks 37,179th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, the weather, and clean air, and lowest on tree cover and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chapman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $209,194. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $54,778 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Chapman safe?
Chapman is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $506 per resident a year.
Compare Chapman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chapman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chapman 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.
Chapman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chapman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chapman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chapman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chapman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chapman 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.