Best PlacesMc Allister, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mc Allister, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mc Allister ranks 23,941st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mc Allister
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.
Mc Allister's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mc Allister ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 124 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
Where Mc Allister ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,113 a month, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mc Allister
A household needs to earn about $127,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mc Allister home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $63,607, 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 Mc Allister's effective rate of 0.36%, 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 Mc Allister
Mc Allister runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mc Allister.
Who works in Mc Allister, and how
Work in Mc Allister centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Mc Allister
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mc Allister.
What the weather is like in Mc Allister, month by month
Mc Allister sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 21° | 7° |
| April | 58° | 42° | 26° |
| July | 89° | 69° | 49° |
| October | 60° | 43° | 29° |
Flying in and out of Mc Allister
The nearest airport, Bozeman Yellowstone International, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 254 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mc Allister
Schools across Mc Allister average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ennis SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Sheridan Elementary SchlB · 45% proficient
- Harrison SchoolD+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harrison 6-8A+ · 75% proficient
- Ennis 7-8B · 45% proficient
- Sheridan 7-8C− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Harrison High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Sheridan High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Ennis High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mc Allister school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mc Allister 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 Mc Allister against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mc Allister
Is Mc Allister a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mc Allister ranks 23,941st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on an overheated housing market 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 Mc Allister expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $517,743. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $63,607 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Mc Allister safe?
Mc Allister is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $381 per resident a year.
Compare Mc Allister with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mc Allister. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mc Allister 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.
Mc Allister detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mc Allister: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mc Allister: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mc Allister: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mc Allister: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mc Allister 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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