Best PlacesMccabe, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mccabe, 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.
Mccabe ranks 39,303rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mccabe
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.
Mccabe's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mccabe ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 161 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 76% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 72% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 70% of towns
Where Mccabe ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mccabe
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mccabe home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,962, 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 Mccabe's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Mccabe
Mccabe runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mccabe.
Who works in Mccabe, and how
Work in Mccabe centers on public administration and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Mccabe
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mccabe.
What the weather is like in Mccabe, month by month
Mccabe sees roughly 161 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 4. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 14° | 4° |
| April | 58° | 41° | 28° |
| July | 89° | 71° | 55° |
| October | 59° | 43° | 30° |
Flying in and out of Mccabe
The nearest airport, L M Clayton, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 585 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mccabe
Schools across Mccabe average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Froid Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Culbertson SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Poplar SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Froid 7-8B+ · 50% proficient
- Poplar 5-6 SchoolF · 6% proficient
- Culbertson Junior HighF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Culbertson High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
- Poplar High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mccabe school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mccabe 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 Mccabe against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mccabe
Is Mccabe a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mccabe ranks 39,303rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and clean air, and lowest on thin health care access and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mccabe expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $125,014. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $66,962 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Mccabe safe?
Mccabe is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $657 per resident a year.
Compare Mccabe with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mccabe. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mccabe 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.
Mccabe detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mccabe: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mccabe: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mccabe: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mccabe: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mccabe 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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