Best PlacesCohagen, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cohagen, 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.
Cohagen ranks 19,352nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cohagen
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.
Cohagen's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cohagen ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
Where Cohagen ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cohagen
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cohagen home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,583, 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 Cohagen's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cohagen
Cohagen runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cohagen.
Who works in Cohagen, and how
Work in Cohagen centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 45%
- Work from home 43%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Cohagen
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cohagen.
What the weather is like in Cohagen, month by month
Cohagen sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 21° | 9° |
| April | 61° | 45° | 30° |
| July | 92° | 75° | 56° |
| October | 63° | 45° | 30° |
Flying in and out of Cohagen
The nearest airport, Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County, is about 79 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 508 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cohagen
Schools across Cohagen average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cohagen SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Jordan Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Rosebud SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Melstone Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Jordan 7-8C− · 31% proficient
- Rosebud 7-8D+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Garfield Co Dist HsB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cohagen school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cohagen 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 Cohagen against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cohagen
Is Cohagen a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cohagen ranks 19,352nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, quiet, and civic engagement, 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 Cohagen expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $169,900. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $69,583 median income, cost of living beats 53% of towns.
Is Cohagen safe?
Cohagen is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $442 per resident a year.
Compare Cohagen with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cohagen. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cohagen 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.
Cohagen detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cohagen: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cohagen: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cohagen: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cohagen: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cohagen 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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