Best PlacesYellowstone National Park, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yellowstone National Park, 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.
Yellowstone National Park ranks 32,398th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Yellowstone National Park
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.
Yellowstone National Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yellowstone National Park ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 87% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 78% of towns
Where Yellowstone National Park ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 41 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yellowstone National Park
A household needs to earn about $129,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yellowstone National Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $78,768, 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 Yellowstone National Park's effective rate of 0.69%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park 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 Yellowstone National Park.
Who works in Yellowstone National Park, and how
Work in Yellowstone National Park centers on agriculture & forestry and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 52%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 35%
Life in Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Yellowstone National Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Yellowstone National Park, month by month
Yellowstone National Park sees roughly 41 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 5. The comfortable stretch runs July and August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 15° | 5° |
| April | 46° | 34° | 23° |
| July | 80° | 61° | 40° |
| October | 51° | 36° | 24° |
Flying in and out of Yellowstone National Park
The nearest airport, Yellowstone, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 290 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yellowstone National Park
Schools across Yellowstone National Park average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sunset ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Ashton Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Wapiti ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cody Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Jackson Hole Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Teton Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Powell High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Heart Mountain AcademyB− · 42% proficient
- Summit Innovations SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yellowstone National Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yellowstone National Park 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 Yellowstone National Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yellowstone National Park
Is Yellowstone National Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yellowstone National Park ranks 32,398th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low taxes, and quiet, and lowest on the weather 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 Yellowstone National Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $502,482. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $78,768 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Yellowstone National Park safe?
Yellowstone National Park is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $543 per resident a year.
Compare Yellowstone National Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yellowstone National Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yellowstone National Park 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.
Yellowstone National Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yellowstone National Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yellowstone National Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yellowstone National Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yellowstone National Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yellowstone National Park 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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