Best PlacesPompeys Pillar, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pompeys Pillar, 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.
Pompeys Pillar ranks 43,095th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Internet speeds pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Pompeys Pillar
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.
Pompeys Pillar's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pompeys Pillar ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 129 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 75% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 73% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 69% of towns
Where Pompeys Pillar ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pompeys Pillar
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pompeys Pillar home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $51,199, 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 Pompeys Pillar's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Pompeys Pillar
Pompeys Pillar 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 Pompeys Pillar.
Who works in Pompeys Pillar, and how
Work in Pompeys Pillar centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Pompeys Pillar
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pompeys Pillar.
What the weather is like in Pompeys Pillar, month by month
Pompeys Pillar sees roughly 129 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 27° | 17° |
| April | 60° | 45° | 33° |
| July | 92° | 75° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 48° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Pompeys Pillar
The nearest airport, Billings Logan International, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 413 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pompeys Pillar
Schools across Pompeys Pillar average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tongue River ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Huntley Project Elem K-6B− · 42% proficient
- Custer SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tongue River Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Huntley Project 7-8C− · 28% proficient
- Custer 7-8D+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Tongue River High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Custer High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Huntley Project High SchlD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pompeys Pillar school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pompeys Pillar 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 Pompeys Pillar against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pompeys Pillar
Is Pompeys Pillar a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pompeys Pillar ranks 43,095th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, the weather, and clean air, and lowest on internet speeds 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 Pompeys Pillar expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $386,484. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $51,199 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Pompeys Pillar safe?
Pompeys Pillar is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $526 per resident a year.
Compare Pompeys Pillar with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pompeys Pillar. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pompeys Pillar 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.
Pompeys Pillar detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pompeys Pillar: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pompeys Pillar: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pompeys Pillar: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pompeys Pillar: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pompeys Pillar 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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