Best PlacesGrass Range, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grass Range, 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.
Grass Range ranks 27,920th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Grass Range
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.
Grass Range's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grass Range ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 78% of towns
Where Grass Range ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grass Range
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grass Range home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,704, 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 Grass Range's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 Grass Range
Grass Range 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 Grass Range.
Who works in Grass Range, and how
Work in Grass Range centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Grass Range
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Grass Range.
What the weather is like in Grass Range, month by month
Grass Range sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 27° | 17° |
| April | 57° | 43° | 31° |
| July | 86° | 70° | 53° |
| October | 61° | 46° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Grass Range
The nearest airport, Billings Logan International, is about 83 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 433 miles away.
The best schools in and around Grass Range
Schools across Grass Range average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Roundup ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Grass Range SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Winnett SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- Winnett 7-8B+ · 50% proficient
- Roundup 7-8C− · 30% proficient
- Grass Range 7-8D+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Winnett High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Roundup H SD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grass Range school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grass Range 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 Grass Range against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grass Range
Is Grass Range a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grass Range ranks 27,920th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low disaster risk, 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 Grass Range expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $166,361. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $59,704 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Grass Range safe?
Grass Range is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $391 per resident a year.
Compare Grass Range with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grass Range. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grass Range 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.
Grass Range detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grass Range: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grass Range: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grass Range: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grass Range: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grass Range 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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