Best PlacesPowderville, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Powderville, 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.
Powderville ranks 21,071st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Powderville
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.
Powderville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Powderville ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Powderville ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,090 a month, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Powderville
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Powderville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,492, 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 Powderville's effective rate of 0.35%, 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 Powderville
Powderville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Powderville.
Who works in Powderville, and how
Work in Powderville centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Powderville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Powderville.
What the weather is like in Powderville, month by month
Powderville sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 26° | 18° |
| April | 56° | 43° | 33° |
| July | 86° | 72° | 59° |
| October | 60° | 46° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Powderville
The nearest airport, Northeast Wyoming Regional, is about 78 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 390 miles away.
The best schools in and around Powderville
Schools across Powderville average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Little Powder ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Broadus SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Broadus 7-8D+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Powder River Co Dist HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Custer Co District HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Powderville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Powderville 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 Powderville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Powderville
Is Powderville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Powderville ranks 21,071st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low property taxes, and the weather, and lowest on distance from a big city and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Powderville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $237,252. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $68,492 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Powderville safe?
Powderville is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $405 per resident a year.
Compare Powderville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Powderville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Powderville 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.
Powderville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Powderville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Powderville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Powderville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Powderville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Powderville 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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