Best PlacesGranite Canon, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Granite Canon, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Granite Canon ranks 8,877th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Granite Canon
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.
Granite Canon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Granite Canon ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
- Household income$108,841 median, better than 89% of towns
Where Granite Canon ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Short commute36.7 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Granite Canon
A household needs to earn about $109,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Granite Canon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $108,841; 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 Granite Canon's effective rate of 0.53%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Granite Canon
Granite Canon runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Granite Canon.
Who works in Granite Canon, and how
Work in Granite Canon centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Granite Canon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Granite Canon.
What the weather is like in Granite Canon, month by month
Granite Canon sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 28° | 14° |
| April | 59° | 42° | 27° |
| July | 87° | 70° | 52° |
| October | 63° | 46° | 30° |
Flying in and out of Granite Canon
The nearest airport, Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Granite Canon
Schools across Granite Canon average a B−, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Poder AcademyA+ · 85% proficient
- Prairie Wind ElementaryB+ · 54% proficient
- Willadsen ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mccormick Junior High SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Rock River Junior High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Whiting High SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Triumph High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Granite Canon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Granite Canon 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 Granite Canon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Granite Canon
Is Granite Canon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Granite Canon ranks 8,877th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low taxes, and low crime, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Granite Canon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $431,606. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $108,841 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Granite Canon safe?
Yes, Granite Canon is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $179 per resident a year.
Compare Granite Canon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Granite Canon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Granite Canon 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.
Granite Canon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Granite Canon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Granite Canon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Granite Canon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Granite Canon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Granite Canon 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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