Best PlacesLolo Hot Springs, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lolo Hot Springs, 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.
Lolo Hot Springs ranks 17,227th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lolo Hot Springs
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.
Lolo Hot Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Lolo Hot Springs ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- Household income$107,732 median, better than 89% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
Where Lolo Hot Springs ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lolo Hot Springs
A household needs to earn about $122,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lolo Hot Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $107,732, 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 Lolo Hot Springs' effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Lolo Hot Springs
Lolo Hot Springs 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 Lolo Hot Springs.
Who works in Lolo Hot Springs, and how
Work in Lolo Hot Springs centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Lolo Hot Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lolo Hot Springs.
What the weather is like in Lolo Hot Springs, month by month
Lolo Hot Springs sees roughly 111 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 24° | 16° |
| April | 60° | 45° | 31° |
| July | 91° | 71° | 51° |
| October | 60° | 44° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Lolo Hot Springs
The nearest airport, Missoula Montana, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 241 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lolo Hot Springs
Schools across Lolo Hot Springs average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Timberline ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Woodman SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Alberton SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Alberton 7-8D− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Sentinel High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Alberton High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Timberline High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lolo Hot Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lolo Hot Springs 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 Lolo Hot Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lolo Hot Springs
Is Lolo Hot Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lolo Hot Springs ranks 17,227th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, an educated workforce, and high incomes, and lowest on cell coverage 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 Lolo Hot Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $477,765. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $107,732 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Lolo Hot Springs safe?
Lolo Hot Springs is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $403 per resident a year.
Compare Lolo Hot Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lolo Hot Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lolo Hot Springs 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.
Lolo Hot Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lolo Hot Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lolo Hot Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lolo Hot Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lolo Hot Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lolo Hot Springs 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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