Best PlacesVerne, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Verne, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Verne ranks 15,997th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Verne
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.
Verne's strengths and weaknesses
Where Verne ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 177 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where Verne ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Verne
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Verne home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,304, 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 Verne's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Verne
Verne 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 Verne.
Who works in Verne, and how
Work in Verne centers on transportation & warehousing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Verne
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Verne.
What the weather is like in Verne, month by month
Verne sees roughly 177 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 23° | 16° |
| April | 56° | 42° | 31° |
| July | 88° | 72° | 57° |
| October | 61° | 47° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Verne
The nearest airport, Southwest Wyoming Regional, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 117 miles away.
The best schools in and around Verne
Schools across Verne average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Canyon Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Urie ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Northpark ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pilot Butte ElementaryA− · 54% proficient
- Lyman Intermediate SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Lincoln Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Green River High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Kemmerer Junior Senior High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Lyman High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Verne school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Verne 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 Verne against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Verne
Is Verne a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Verne ranks 15,997th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, heat safety, and the weather, and lowest on tree cover and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Verne expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $306,100. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $83,304 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Verne safe?
Verne is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $314 per resident a year.
Compare Verne with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Verne. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Verne 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.
Verne detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Verne: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Verne: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Verne: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Verne: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Verne 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.