Best PlacesFort Kipp, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Kipp, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fort Kipp ranks 32,875th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Kipp
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.
Fort Kipp's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Kipp ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 161 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 69% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 67% of towns
Where Fort Kipp ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Kipp
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Kipp home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,522, 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 Fort Kipp's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Fort Kipp
Fort Kipp runs younger than the country, 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 Fort Kipp.
Who works in Fort Kipp, and how
Work in Fort Kipp centers on public administration and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Fort Kipp
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fort Kipp.
What the weather is like in Fort Kipp, month by month
Fort Kipp sees roughly 161 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 4. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 14° | 4° |
| April | 58° | 41° | 28° |
| July | 89° | 71° | 55° |
| October | 59° | 43° | 30° |
Flying in and out of Fort Kipp
The nearest airport, Sidney-Richland Regional, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 572 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Kipp
Schools across Fort Kipp average a D, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fairview SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Culbertson SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Lambert SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fairview 7-8D+ · 26% proficient
- Lambert 7-8D− · 16% proficient
- Barbara Gilligan 7-8F · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Lambert High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Brockton High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Fairview High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Kipp school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Kipp 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 Fort Kipp against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Kipp
Is Fort Kipp a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Kipp ranks 32,875th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and clean air, 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 Fort Kipp expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $157,037. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $74,522 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Fort Kipp safe?
Fort Kipp is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $569 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Kipp with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Kipp. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Kipp 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.
Fort Kipp detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Kipp: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Kipp: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Kipp: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Kipp: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Kipp 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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