Best PlacesCody, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cody, 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.
Cody ranks 18,151st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cody
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.
Cody's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cody ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute17.6 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of towns
Where Cody ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cody
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cody home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,524, 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 Cody's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cody
Cody runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cody.
Who works in Cody, and how
Work in Cody centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Cody
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cody.
What the weather is like in Cody, month by month
Cody sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 24° | 12° |
| April | 64° | 47° | 31° |
| July | 93° | 76° | 61° |
| October | 68° | 49° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Cody
The nearest airport, Alliance Municipal, is about 94 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 271 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cody
Schools across Cody average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cody-kilgore Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Newcastle Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Cody-kilgore Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Torrington Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Cody-kilgore High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Newcastle High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Gordon-rushville High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cody school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cody 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 Cody against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cody
Is Cody a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cody ranks 18,151st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, quiet, and short commutes, 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 Cody expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $114,699. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $73,524 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Cody safe?
Cody is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $386 per resident a year.
Compare Cody with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cody. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cody 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.
Cody detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cody: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cody: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cody: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cody: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cody 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.