Best PlacesRed Buttes, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Red Buttes, 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.
Red Buttes ranks 5,205th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Red Buttes
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.
Red Buttes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Red Buttes ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$122,020 median, better than 94% of towns
Where Red Buttes ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,116 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Red Buttes
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Red Buttes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $122,020, 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 Red Buttes' effective rate of 0.51%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Red Buttes
Red Buttes runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Red Buttes.
Who works in Red Buttes, and how
Work in Red Buttes centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Red Buttes
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Red Buttes.
What the weather is like in Red Buttes, month by month
Red Buttes sees roughly 140 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 8. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 21° | 8° |
| April | 56° | 39° | 23° |
| July | 85° | 67° | 48° |
| October | 60° | 43° | 27° |
Flying in and out of Red Buttes
The nearest airport, Laramie Regional, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 105 miles away.
The best schools in and around Red Buttes
Schools across Red Buttes average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Laramie Montessori Charter SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Harmony ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Laramie Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Rock River Junior High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Whiting High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Red Buttes school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Red Buttes 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 Red Buttes against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Red Buttes
Is Red Buttes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Red Buttes ranks 5,205th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low taxes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on noise and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Red Buttes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $420,107. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $122,020 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Red Buttes safe?
Yes, Red Buttes is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $228 per resident a year.
Compare Red Buttes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Red Buttes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Red Buttes 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.
Red Buttes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Red Buttes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Red Buttes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Red Buttes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Red Buttes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Red Buttes 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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