Best PlacesYaak, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yaak, 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.
Yaak ranks 42,977th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Yaak
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.
Yaak's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yaak ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 118 pleasant days a year, better than 79% of towns
Where Yaak ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yaak
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yaak home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $54,853, 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 Yaak's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 Yaak
Yaak 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 Yaak.
Who works in Yaak, and how
Work in Yaak centers on agriculture & forestry and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 51%
- Work from home 44%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Yaak
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yaak.
What the weather is like in Yaak, month by month
Yaak sees roughly 118 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 28° | 24° |
| April | 57° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 70° | 54° |
| October | 55° | 44° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Yaak
The nearest airport, Glacier Park International, is about 75 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 321 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yaak
Schools across Yaak average a C, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eureka Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Mccormick SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eureka Middle School 5-8C+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Lincoln Co High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Troy High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yaak school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yaak 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 Yaak against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yaak
Is Yaak a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yaak ranks 42,977th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, quiet, and low taxes, and lowest on cell coverage and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yaak expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $423,000. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $54,853 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Yaak safe?
Yaak is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $521 per resident a year.
Compare Yaak with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yaak. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yaak 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.
Yaak detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yaak: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yaak: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yaak: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yaak: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yaak 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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