Best PlacesOrpha, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Orpha, 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.
Orpha ranks 16,105th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Orpha
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.
Orpha's strengths and weaknesses
Where Orpha ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 144 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 81% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 78% of towns
Where Orpha ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Orpha
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Orpha home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,943, 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 Orpha's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 Orpha
Orpha's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Orpha.
Who works in Orpha, and how
Work in Orpha centers on mining & oil & gas and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Orpha
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Orpha.
What the weather is like in Orpha, month by month
Orpha sees roughly 144 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 25° | 12° |
| April | 61° | 42° | 27° |
| July | 93° | 73° | 54° |
| October | 64° | 45° | 29° |
Flying in and out of Orpha
The nearest airport, Casper/Natrona County International, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 204 miles away.
The best schools in and around Orpha
Schools across Orpha average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Grant ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Douglas Intermediate SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Douglas Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Glenrock Intermediate SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Douglas High SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Glenrock Jr/sr High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Orpha school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Orpha 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 Orpha against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Orpha
Is Orpha a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Orpha ranks 16,105th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, the weather, and an educated workforce, and lowest on biking 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 Orpha expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $303,782. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $77,943 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Orpha safe?
Yes, Orpha is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $244 per resident a year.
Compare Orpha with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Orpha. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Orpha 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.
Orpha detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Orpha: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Orpha: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Orpha: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Orpha: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Orpha 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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