Best PlacesProctor, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Proctor, 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.
Proctor ranks 24,136th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Proctor
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.
Proctor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Proctor ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
Where Proctor ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute43.2 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Proctor
A household needs to earn about $172,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Proctor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $98,230, 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 Proctor'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 Proctor
Proctor 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 Proctor.
Who works in Proctor, and how
Work in Proctor centers on construction and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Proctor
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Proctor.
What the weather is like in Proctor, month by month
Proctor sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 58° | 43° | 28° |
| July | 87° | 68° | 47° |
| October | 58° | 42° | 29° |
Flying in and out of Proctor
The nearest airport, Glacier Park International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 314 miles away.
The best schools in and around Proctor
Schools across Proctor average a C, better than 29% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lakeside Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Kila SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Linderman SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Somers Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Kila 7-8B− · 40% proficient
- Polson Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Flathead High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Polson High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Proctor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Proctor 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 Proctor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Proctor
Is Proctor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Proctor ranks 24,136th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, clean air, and health care access, and lowest on an overheated housing market and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Proctor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $685,442. The overall cost of living runs about 27% above the national average. Set against a $98,230 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Proctor safe?
Yes, Proctor is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $375 per resident a year.
Compare Proctor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Proctor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Proctor 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.
Proctor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Proctor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Proctor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Proctor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Proctor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Proctor 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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