Best PlacesWisdom, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wisdom, 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.
Wisdom ranks 28,089th 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 Wisdom
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.
Wisdom's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wisdom ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 135 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of towns
Where Wisdom ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,003 a month, better than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wisdom
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wisdom home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $62,321, 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 Wisdom's effective rate of 0.25%, 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 Wisdom
Wisdom 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 Wisdom.
Who works in Wisdom, and how
Work in Wisdom centers on agriculture & forestry and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Wisdom
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wisdom.
What the weather is like in Wisdom, month by month
Wisdom sees roughly 135 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 5. The comfortable stretch runs June through August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 17° | 5° |
| April | 53° | 37° | 24° |
| July | 84° | 65° | 44° |
| October | 56° | 40° | 26° |
Flying in and out of Wisdom
The nearest airport, Bert Mooney, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 195 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wisdom
Schools across Wisdom average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top high schools
- Beaverhead Co High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wisdom school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wisdom 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 Wisdom against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wisdom
Is Wisdom a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wisdom ranks 28,089th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, quiet, and low property 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 Wisdom expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $302,600. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $62,321 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Wisdom safe?
Wisdom is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $661 per resident a year.
Compare Wisdom with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wisdom. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wisdom 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.
Wisdom detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wisdom: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wisdom: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wisdom: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wisdom: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wisdom 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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