Best PlacesWilson, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilson, 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.
Wilson ranks 2,809th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wilson
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.
Wilson's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilson ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$134,062 median, better than 96% of towns
Where Wilson ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,191 a month, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wilson
A household needs to earn about $440,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilson home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $134,062, 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 Wilson's effective rate of 0.44%, 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 Wilson
Wilson 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 Wilson.
Who works in Wilson, and how
Work in Wilson centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Wilson
Wilson has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Wilson and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wilson, month by month
Wilson sees roughly 134 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 4. The comfortable stretch runs June through August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 15° | 4° |
| April | 50° | 36° | 23° |
| July | 83° | 64° | 43° |
| October | 57° | 39° | 26° |
Flying in and out of Wilson
The nearest airport, Jackson Hole, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 196 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wilson
Schools across Wilson average a B, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wilson ElementaryA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jackson Hole Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Summit Innovations SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wilson school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wilson 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 Wilson against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wilson
Is Wilson a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilson ranks 2,809th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, low taxes, and heat safety, 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 Wilson expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,768,321. The overall cost of living runs about 43% above the national average. Set against a $134,062 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Wilson safe?
Wilson is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $291 per resident a year.
Compare Wilson with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilson. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilson 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.
Wilson detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilson: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilson: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilson: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilson: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilson 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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