Best PlacesDeaver, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Deaver, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Deaver ranks 12,803rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Deaver
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.
Deaver's strengths and weaknesses
Where Deaver ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 169 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
Where Deaver ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Deaver
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Deaver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,090, 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 Deaver'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 Deaver
Deaver runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Deaver.
Who works in Deaver, and how
Work in Deaver centers on education and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Deaver
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Deaver.
What the weather is like in Deaver, month by month
Deaver sees roughly 169 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 23° | 16° |
| April | 55° | 41° | 32° |
| July | 87° | 71° | 57° |
| October | 56° | 44° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Deaver
The nearest airport, Yellowstone Regional, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 332 miles away.
The best schools in and around Deaver
Schools across Deaver average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rocky Mountain ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rocky Mountain Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Rocky Mountain High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Deaver school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Deaver 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 Deaver against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Deaver
Is Deaver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Deaver ranks 12,803rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, low disaster risk, and the weather, 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 Deaver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $249,082. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $65,090 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Deaver safe?
Yes, Deaver is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $180 per resident a year.
Compare Deaver with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Deaver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Deaver 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.
Deaver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Deaver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Deaver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Deaver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Deaver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Deaver 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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