Best PlacesWyoming, RI 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. 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.
Wyoming ranks 3,511th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and state finances rank 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 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$134,070 median, better than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
Where Wyoming ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,325 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wyoming
A household needs to earn about $120,000 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 $134,070, 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 1.31%, 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 Wyoming
Wyoming'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 Wyoming.
Who works in Wyoming, and how
Work in Wyoming centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Wyoming
Wyoming has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns. The coast is about 26 minutes away. That 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 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 56° | 47° | 38° |
| July | 82° | 73° | 65° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Wyoming
The nearest airport, Westerly State, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 60 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wyoming
Schools across Wyoming average a B+, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Metcalf SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chariho Regional Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Exeter-west Greenwich Reg. Jr.C · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Chariho High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Exeter-west Greenwich RegionalC+ · 40% 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 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wyoming
Is Wyoming a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wyoming ranks 3,511th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, health care access, and population health, and lowest on state finances and childcare costs. 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 $428,116. The overall cost of living runs about 17% above the national average. Set against a $134,070 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Wyoming safe?
Yes, Wyoming is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $123 per resident a year.
Compare Wyoming with other towns
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.