Best PlacesRanchettes, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ranchettes, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ranchettes ranks 272nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ranchettes
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.
Ranchettes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Ranchettes ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute16.5 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- Household income$127,146 median, better than 94% of towns
Where Ranchettes ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 34% of towns
- TransitBetter than only 44% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 45% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ranchettes
A household needs to earn about $138,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ranchettes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $127,146; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Ranchettes' effective rate of 0.57%, 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 Ranchettes
Ranchettes runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ranchettes.
Who works in Ranchettes, and how
Work in Ranchettes centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Ranchettes
Ranchettes has more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Ranchettes and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ranchettes, month by month
Ranchettes sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 28° | 16° |
| April | 60° | 43° | 29° |
| July | 88° | 71° | 55° |
| October | 65° | 47° | 33° |
Flying in and out of Ranchettes
The nearest airport, Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 92 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ranchettes
Schools across Ranchettes average a B−, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Poder AcademyA+ · 85% proficient
- Prairie Wind ElementaryB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- Meadowlark ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Mccormick Junior High SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Carey Junior High SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Triumph High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ranchettes school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ranchettes 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 Ranchettes against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ranchettes
Is Ranchettes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ranchettes ranks 272nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, low taxes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ranchettes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $545,474. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $127,146 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Ranchettes safe?
Yes, Ranchettes is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $130 per resident a year.
Compare Ranchettes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ranchettes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ranchettes 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.
Ranchettes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ranchettes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ranchettes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ranchettes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ranchettes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ranchettes 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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