Best PlacesGlendive, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glendive, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Glendive ranks 11,520th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Glendive
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.
Glendive's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glendive ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute19.8 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Glendive ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,062 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glendive
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glendive home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,429, 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 Glendive's effective rate of 1.07%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glendive
Glendive 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 Glendive.
Who works in Glendive, and how
Work in Glendive centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Glendive
Glendive has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Glendive and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Glendive, month by month
Glendive sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 19° | 9° |
| April | 58° | 43° | 29° |
| July | 90° | 74° | 58° |
| October | 60° | 44° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Glendive
The nearest airport, Sidney-Richland Regional, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 501 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glendive
Schools across Glendive average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tongue River ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Deer Creek SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Terry SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tongue River Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Washington Middle SchoolD · 24% proficient
- Terry Middle SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Tongue River High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Dawson High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glendive school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glendive 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 Glendive against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glendive
Is Glendive a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glendive ranks 11,520th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, civic engagement, and low taxes, 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 Glendive expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $204,633. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $74,429 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Glendive safe?
Yes, Glendive is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $266 per resident a year.
Compare Glendive with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glendive. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glendive 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.
Glendive detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glendive: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glendive: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glendive: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glendive: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glendive 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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