Best PlacesPine Haven, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pine Haven, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pine Haven ranks 26,078th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pine Haven
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.
Pine Haven's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pine Haven ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 80% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 78% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 78% of towns
Where Pine Haven ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 17% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pine Haven
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pine Haven home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,323, 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 Pine Haven's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 Pine Haven
Pine Haven runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pine Haven.
Who works in Pine Haven, and how
Work in Pine Haven centers on mining & oil & gas and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Pine Haven
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pine Haven.
What the weather is like in Pine Haven, month by month
Pine Haven sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 78 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 24° | 17° |
| April | 48° | 36° | 29° |
| July | 78° | 66° | 55° |
| October | 53° | 42° | 33° |
Flying in and out of Pine Haven
The nearest airport, Northeast Wyoming Regional, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 305 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pine Haven
Schools across Pine Haven average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Moorcroft ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
- Upton ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Upton Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Moorcroft Secondary SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Upton High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pine Haven school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pine Haven 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 Pine Haven against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pine Haven
Is Pine Haven a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pine Haven ranks 26,078th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, heat safety, and population health, and lowest on distance from a big city and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pine Haven expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $288,695. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $74,323 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Pine Haven safe?
Yes, Pine Haven is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $258 per resident a year.
Compare Pine Haven with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pine Haven. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pine Haven 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.
Pine Haven detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pine Haven: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pine Haven: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pine Haven: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pine Haven: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pine Haven 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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