Best PlacesGarneill, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Garneill, 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.
Garneill ranks 12,951st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Garneill
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.
Garneill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Garneill ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Short commute19.1 minutes each way, better than 90% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Garneill ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 20% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Garneill
A household needs to earn about $124,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Garneill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $79,621, 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 Garneill's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Garneill
Garneill's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Garneill.
Who works in Garneill, and how
Work in Garneill centers on agriculture & forestry and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Garneill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Garneill.
What the weather is like in Garneill, month by month
Garneill sees roughly 102 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 25° | 13° |
| April | 55° | 40° | 27° |
| July | 86° | 68° | 50° |
| October | 59° | 43° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Garneill
The nearest airport, Billings Logan International, is about 94 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 404 miles away.
The best schools in and around Garneill
Schools across Garneill average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Moore SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- King Colony SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Highland Park SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rocky Mountain Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Lewistown 7-8B · 45% proficient
- Moore 6-8B− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Rocky Mountain High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Fergus High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Garneill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Garneill 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 Garneill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Garneill
Is Garneill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Garneill ranks 12,951st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, short commutes, and low taxes, and lowest on distance from a big city and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Garneill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $479,204. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $79,621 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Garneill safe?
Garneill is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $386 per resident a year.
Compare Garneill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Garneill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Garneill 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.
Garneill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Garneill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Garneill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Garneill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Garneill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Garneill 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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