Best PlacesDubois, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dubois, 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.
Dubois ranks 22,798th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dubois
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.
Dubois' strengths and weaknesses
Where Dubois ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Short commute18.3 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
Where Dubois ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dubois
A household needs to earn about $94,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dubois home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $67,455, 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 Dubois' effective rate of 0.38%, 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 Dubois
Dubois 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 Dubois.
Who works in Dubois, and how
Work in Dubois centers on retail trade and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Dubois
Dubois has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Dubois and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dubois, month by month
Dubois sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 24° | 16° |
| April | 48° | 36° | 27° |
| July | 80° | 64° | 48° |
| October | 53° | 40° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Dubois
The nearest airport, Jackson Hole, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 225 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dubois
Schools across Dubois average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dubois ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Kelly ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jackson Hole Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Pinedale Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Dubois Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Dubois High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Summit Innovations SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Skyline High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dubois school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dubois 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 Dubois against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dubois
Is Dubois a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dubois ranks 22,798th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, quiet, and a strong job market, and lowest on air quality 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 Dubois expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $379,837. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $67,455 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Dubois safe?
Dubois is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $292 per resident a year.
Compare Dubois with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dubois. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dubois 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.
Dubois detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dubois: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dubois: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dubois: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dubois: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dubois 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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