Best PlacesFloral Park, Butte, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Floral Park, Butte, 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.
Floral Park, Butte ranks 2,792nd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Floral Park, Butte
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.
Floral Park, Butte's strengths and weaknesses
Where Floral Park, Butte ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- Short commute19.1 minutes each way, better than 84% of neighborhoods
Where Floral Park, Butte ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 25% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Floral Park, Butte
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Floral Park, Butte home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $76,250; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Floral Park, Butte's effective rate of 1.11%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Floral Park, Butte
Floral Park, Butte runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Floral Park, Butte.
Who works in Floral Park, Butte, and how
Work in Floral Park, Butte centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Floral Park, Butte
Floral Park, Butte has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Floral Park, Butte and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Floral Park, Butte, month by month
Floral Park, Butte sees roughly 130 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 Floral Park, Butte
The nearest airport, Bert Mooney, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 248 miles away.
The best schools in and around Floral Park, Butte
Schools across Floral Park, Butte average a C+, better than 55% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Hillcrest SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Whittier SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Emerson SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Butte High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Floral Park, Butte school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Floral Park, Butte 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 Floral Park, Butte against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Floral Park, Butte
Is Floral Park, Butte a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Floral Park, Butte ranks 2,792nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cell coverage, civic engagement, and fast internet, and lowest on distance from a big city and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Floral Park, Butte expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $291,953. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $76,250 median income, cost of living beats 65% of neighborhoods.
Is Floral Park, Butte safe?
Yes, Floral Park, Butte is safer than 58% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $542 per resident a year.
Compare Floral Park, Butte with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Floral Park, Butte. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Floral Park, Butte 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.
Floral Park, Butte detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Floral Park, Butte: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Floral Park, Butte: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Floral Park, Butte: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Floral Park, Butte: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Floral Park, Butte 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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