Best PlacesSomers, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Somers, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Somers ranks 13,756th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Somers
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.
Somers' strengths and weaknesses
Where Somers ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 86% of towns
Where Somers ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,050 a month, better than only 22% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 30% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Somers
A household needs to earn about $178,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Somers home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $70,314, 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 Somers' effective rate of 0.54%, 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 Somers
Somers runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Somers.
Who works in Somers, and how
Work in Somers centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Somers
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Somers.
What the weather is like in Somers, month by month
Somers sees roughly 94 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 Somers
The nearest airport, Glacier Park International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 327 miles away.
The best schools in and around Somers
Schools across Somers average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lillian Peterson SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Lakeside Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kalispell Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Somers Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Flathead High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Somers school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Somers 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 Somers against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Somers
Is Somers a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Somers ranks 13,756th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, a strong job market, and low taxes, and lowest on distance from a big city and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Somers expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $704,944. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $70,314 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Somers safe?
Yes, Somers is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $319 per resident a year.
Compare Somers with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Somers. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Somers 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.
Somers detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Somers: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Somers: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Somers: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Somers: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Somers 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.