Best PlacesLoring, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Loring, 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.
Loring ranks 36,448th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Loring
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.
Loring's strengths and weaknesses
Where Loring ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 149 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute20.0 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
Where Loring ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Loring
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Loring home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $52,000; 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 Loring's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 Loring
Loring 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 Loring.
Who works in Loring, and how
Work in Loring centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 57%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Loring
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Loring.
What the weather is like in Loring, month by month
Loring sees roughly 149 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 17° | 7° |
| April | 60° | 44° | 30° |
| July | 91° | 74° | 58° |
| October | 61° | 45° | 33° |
Flying in and out of Loring
The nearest airport, Wokal Field/Glasgow-Valley County, is about 70 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 536 miles away.
The best schools in and around Loring
Schools across Loring average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Whitewater SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Malta K-5B · 50% proficient
- Dodson SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Whitewater 6-8B+ · 50% proficient
- Malta 6-7-8B− · 40% proficient
- Dodson 7-8D+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Dodson High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Malta High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Loring school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Loring 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 Loring against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Loring
Is Loring a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Loring ranks 36,448th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, the weather, and clean air, and lowest on tree cover and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Loring expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $217,300. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $52,000 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Loring safe?
Loring is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $478 per resident a year.
Compare Loring with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Loring. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Loring 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.
Loring detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Loring: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Loring: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Loring: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Loring: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Loring 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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