Best PlacesWibaux, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wibaux, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wibaux ranks 18,968th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Distance from a big city pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Wibaux
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.
Wibaux's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wibaux ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of towns
- Short commute20.9 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 119 pleasant days a year, better than 79% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 77% of towns
Where Wibaux ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,160 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wibaux
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wibaux home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,482, 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 Wibaux's effective rate of 0.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wibaux
Wibaux's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wibaux.
Who works in Wibaux, and how
Work in Wibaux centers on construction and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Wibaux
Wibaux has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Wibaux and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wibaux, month by month
Wibaux sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 19° | 11° |
| April | 55° | 40° | 29° |
| July | 86° | 70° | 56° |
| October | 57° | 43° | 33° |
Flying in and out of Wibaux
The nearest airport, Sidney-Richland Regional, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 490 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wibaux
Schools across Wibaux average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Little Powder ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Wibaux Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Longfellow SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wibaux 7-8C · 35% proficient
- Savage 7-8C− · 31% proficient
- Baker 7-8C− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Sheridan High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Baker High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Wibaux High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wibaux school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wibaux 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 Wibaux against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wibaux
Is Wibaux a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wibaux ranks 18,968th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, walkability, and short commutes, and lowest on distance from a big city and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wibaux expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $99,174. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $67,482 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Wibaux safe?
Wibaux is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $432 per resident a year.
Compare Wibaux with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wibaux. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wibaux 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.
Wibaux detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wibaux: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wibaux: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wibaux: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wibaux: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wibaux 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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