Best PlacesWyoming, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wyoming, 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.
Wyoming ranks 1,665th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wyoming
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.
Wyoming's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wyoming ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of cities
- BikingBetter than 90% of cities
- TransitBetter than 84% of cities
- Cheap childcare$776 a month, better than 84% of cities
Where Wyoming ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of cities
- School gradeD, better than only 4% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 17% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Wyoming
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wyoming home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,436, 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 Wyoming's effective rate of 1.21%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wyoming
Wyoming runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wyoming.
Who works in Wyoming, and how
Work in Wyoming centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Wyoming
Wyoming has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of cities and more parkland per resident than 96% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Wyoming and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wyoming, month by month
Wyoming sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Wyoming
The nearest airport, Gerald R Ford International, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 111 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wyoming
Schools across Wyoming average a D, better than 4% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Marshall Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Vanguard Charter AcademyB · 49% proficient
- Grandville Grand View Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Byron Center West Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Grandville Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Wyoming Junior High SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Byron Center High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Grandville High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Grand Rapids Public Museum HighC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wyoming school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wyoming 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 Wyoming against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Wyoming suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Wyoming
Is Wyoming a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wyoming ranks 1,665th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and biking, and lowest on a weak job market and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wyoming expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $218,618. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $70,436 median income, cost of living beats 28% of cities.
Is Wyoming safe?
Wyoming is safer than 29% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $421 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Wyoming?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 34 with lows near 19. That works out to about 68 pleasant days a year, more than 23% of cities.
Is Wyoming good for families?
Schools beat 4% of cities, crime safety beats 29%, and childcare runs $776 a month.
Compare Wyoming with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wyoming. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wyoming 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.
Wyoming detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wyoming: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wyoming: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wyoming: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wyoming: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wyoming 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.