Best PlacesLittle Browning, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Little Browning, 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.
Little Browning ranks 47,144th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Little Browning
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.
Little Browning's strengths and weaknesses
Where Little Browning ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 149 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
Where Little Browning ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$40,069 median, better than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Little Browning
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Little Browning home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $40,069, 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 Little Browning's effective rate of 0.21%, 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 Little Browning
Little Browning 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 Little Browning.
Who works in Little Browning, and how
Work in Little Browning centers on public administration and education. Unemployment is low.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Little Browning
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Little Browning.
What the weather is like in Little Browning, month by month
Little Browning sees roughly 149 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 23° | 13° |
| April | 55° | 40° | 27° |
| July | 85° | 67° | 49° |
| October | 57° | 42° | 29° |
Flying in and out of Little Browning
The nearest airport, Glacier Park International, is about 90 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 395 miles away.
The best schools in and around Little Browning
Schools across Little Browning average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Valley View Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Hope Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Cut Bank High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Little Browning school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Little Browning 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 Little Browning against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Little Browning
Is Little Browning a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Little Browning ranks 47,144th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, clean air, and heat safety, and lowest on crime and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Little Browning expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $244,700. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $40,069 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Little Browning safe?
Little Browning is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,226 per resident a year.
Compare Little Browning with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Little Browning. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Little Browning 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.
Little Browning detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Little Browning: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Little Browning: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Little Browning: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Little Browning: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Little Browning 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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