Best PlacesFeely, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Feely, 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.
Feely ranks 16,058th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Feely
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.
Feely's strengths and weaknesses
Where Feely ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute19.8 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 87% of towns
Where Feely ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Feely
A household needs to earn about $111,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Feely home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $84,513, 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 Feely's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 Feely
Feely's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Feely.
Who works in Feely, and how
Work in Feely centers on wholesale trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Feely
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Feely.
What the weather is like in Feely, month by month
Feely sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 6. The comfortable stretch runs June through August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 19° | 6° |
| April | 54° | 38° | 24° |
| July | 85° | 66° | 45° |
| October | 58° | 41° | 27° |
Flying in and out of Feely
The nearest airport, Bert Mooney, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 236 miles away.
The best schools in and around Feely
Schools across Feely average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ramsay SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ramsay Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Whitehall High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Butte High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Feely school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Feely 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 Feely against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Feely
Is Feely a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Feely ranks 16,058th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, clean air, and low taxes, and lowest on distance from a big city and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Feely expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $443,569. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $84,513 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Feely safe?
Feely is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $422 per resident a year.
Compare Feely with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Feely. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Feely 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.
Feely detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Feely: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Feely: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Feely: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Feely: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Feely 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.