Best PlacesUlm, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ulm, 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.
Ulm ranks 6,056th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ulm
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.
Ulm's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ulm ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$107,947 median, better than 89% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Ulm 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 11% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ulm
A household needs to earn about $166,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ulm home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $107,947, 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 Ulm's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 Ulm
Ulm 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 Ulm.
Who works in Ulm, and how
Work in Ulm centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Ulm
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ulm.
What the weather is like in Ulm, month by month
Ulm sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 24° | 12° |
| April | 60° | 43° | 29° |
| July | 92° | 73° | 53° |
| October | 64° | 45° | 30° |
Flying in and out of Ulm
The nearest airport, Sheridan County, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 345 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ulm
Schools across Ulm average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Story ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Woodland Park ElementaryA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sheridan Junior High SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- Big Horn High SchoolA · 78% proficient
- Sheridan High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- John C. Schiffer Collaborative SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ulm school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ulm 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 Ulm against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ulm
Is Ulm a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ulm ranks 6,056th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, good schools, and what local pay buys, 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 Ulm expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $663,014. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $107,947 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Ulm safe?
Yes, Ulm is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $221 per resident a year.
Compare Ulm with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ulm. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ulm 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.
Ulm detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ulm: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ulm: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ulm: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ulm: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ulm 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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