Best PlacesWolf Point, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wolf Point, 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.
Wolf Point ranks 37,806th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wolf Point
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.
Wolf Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wolf Point ranks high
- Short commute14.8 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 143 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
Where Wolf Point ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wolf Point
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wolf Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,211, 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 Wolf Point's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wolf Point
Wolf Point runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wolf Point.
Who works in Wolf Point, and how
Work in Wolf Point centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Wolf Point
Wolf Point has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Wolf Point and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wolf Point, month by month
Wolf Point sees roughly 143 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 4. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 15° | 4° |
| April | 60° | 43° | 28° |
| July | 91° | 73° | 55° |
| October | 61° | 43° | 30° |
Flying in and out of Wolf Point
The nearest airport, L M Clayton, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 570 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wolf Point
Schools across Wolf Point average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Richey SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Vida SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Culbertson SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Richey 7-8A+ · 75% proficient
- Frontier 7-8B− · 41% proficient
- Frazer 7-8D+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Circle High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Frazer High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Sidney High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wolf Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wolf Point 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 Wolf Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wolf Point
Is Wolf Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wolf Point ranks 37,806th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, walkability, and biking, and lowest on the schools and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wolf Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $115,658. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $54,211 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Wolf Point safe?
Wolf Point is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $989 per resident a year.
Compare Wolf Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wolf Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wolf Point 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.
Wolf Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wolf Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wolf Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wolf Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wolf Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wolf Point 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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