Best PlacesLingle, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lingle, 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.
Lingle ranks 13,971st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lingle
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.
Lingle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lingle ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute14.2 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Cheap childcare$506 a month, better than 91% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 138 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
Where Lingle ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lingle
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lingle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,747, 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 Lingle's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 Lingle
Lingle 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 Lingle.
Who works in Lingle, and how
Work in Lingle centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Lingle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lingle.
What the weather is like in Lingle, month by month
Lingle sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 27° | 15° |
| April | 65° | 46° | 30° |
| July | 94° | 74° | 58° |
| October | 68° | 48° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Lingle
The nearest airport, Scottsbluff/Western Nebraska Regional/Wm B Heilig Field, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 158 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lingle
Schools across Lingle average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lingle-ft. Laramie ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Trail ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Torrington Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Lingle-ft. Laramie Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Lingle-ft. Laramie High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Torrington High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lingle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lingle 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 Lingle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lingle
Is Lingle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lingle ranks 13,971st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, short commutes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lingle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $225,034. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $68,747 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Lingle safe?
Yes, Lingle is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $223 per resident a year.
Compare Lingle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lingle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lingle 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.
Lingle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lingle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lingle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lingle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lingle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lingle 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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