State Guide

Best Places to Live in Montana

The most affordable, safest, and highest-income cities across 496 Montana cities — ranked from official data.

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Choosing where to live in Montana comes down to a few trade-offs — cost of living, safety, income, and schools. The rankings below pull those out from U.S. Census, FBI, and NCES data so you can see the standouts at a glance, then drill into any city or put two side by side.

Most Affordable Cities in Montana

Lowest cost of living index (100 = U.S. average · lower is cheaper).

#	City	Cost of Living	Population
1	Billings	90	117,093
2	Lockwood	90	7,393
3	Laurel	90	7,181
4	Red Lodge	90	2,321
5	Columbus	90	1,932
6	Park City	90	1,022
7	Absarokee	90	869
8	Shepherd	90	772
9	Joliet	90	643
10	Worden	90	503

Safest Cities in Montana

Lowest crime index (100 = U.S. average · lower is safer). Limited to cities with complete FBI reporting.

#	City	Crime Index	Population
1	Kalispell	89	25,473
2	Bozeman	102	53,500
3	Helena	130	32,529
4	Great Falls	156	60,373
5	Missoula	163	74,627
6	Billings	177	117,093

Highest-Income Cities in Montana

Highest median household income (US Census ACS 5-Year Estimates).

#	City	Median Income	Population
1	Bozeman	$74,113	53,500
2	Billings	$69,692	117,093
3	Helena	$64,798	32,529
4	Missoula	$59,783	74,627
5	Great Falls	$58,272	60,373
6	Kalispell	$57,123	25,473
7	Butte-Silver Bow	$56,522	34,638

Best School Districts in Montana

Highest school-quality grade (student-teacher ratio, adult attainment, and graduation data where available).

#	City	School Grade	Population
1	Bozeman	A	53,500
2	Missoula	A	74,627
3	Helena	A	32,529
4	Kalispell	B-	25,473
5	Billings	B-	117,093
6	Great Falls	B-	60,373
7	Butte-Silver Bow	B-	34,638

Popular Montana City Comparisons

Head-to-head breakdowns of the state's largest cities.

Billings vs Missoula Billings vs Great Falls Billings vs Bozeman Billings vs Butte-Silver Bow Billings vs Helena Billings vs Kalispell Billings vs Belgrade Missoula vs Great Falls Missoula vs Bozeman Missoula vs Butte-Silver Bow Missoula vs Helena Missoula vs Kalispell

All Cities in Montana

Click any city for the full profile. Data from U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-Year Estimates).

City	Population	Median Income	Median Home	Median Rent	Unemployment	Crime Index
Billings	117,093	$69,692	$285,300	$1,064	3.6%	177
Missoula	74,627	$59,783	$380,500	$1,064	4.6%	163
Great Falls	60,373	$58,272	$223,700	$828	3.4%	156
Bozeman	53,500	$74,113	$546,100	$1,447	2.8%	102
Butte-Silver Bow	34,638	$56,522	$197,200	$786	4.5%	—
Helena	32,529	$64,798	$331,700	$969	3.2%	130
Kalispell	25,473	$57,123	$340,700	$952	4.1%	89
Belgrade	10,941	$82,769	$390,800	$1,206	1.2%	76
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County	9,435	$46,436	$175,700	$650	3.8%	75
Helena Valley Southeast	9,374	$68,512	$280,300	$1,213	5.1%	96
Havre	9,332	$63,143	$193,400	$815	3.2%	154
Evergreen	8,514	$68,039	$243,000	$1,160	4.3%	83
Livingston	8,489	$62,893	$314,900	$933	4.2%	119
Miles City	8,432	$59,578	$173,200	$899	4.2%	63
Helena Valley West Central	8,206	$84,846	$329,500	$1,223	5.1%	96
Whitefish	8,098	$69,919	$610,000	$1,254	2.5%	40
Lockwood	7,393	$73,625	$234,800	$1,062	3.8%	160
Laurel	7,181	$62,250	$221,700	$907	1.4%	154
Sidney	6,257	$56,696	$251,700	$836	5.1%	87
Lewistown	5,988	$40,705	$152,000	$818	5.7%	125
Four Corners	5,631	$107,448	$599,400	$1,148	0.2%	86
Columbia Falls	5,435	$64,500	$287,700	$949	5.8%	74
Orchard Homes	5,265	$78,108	$419,900	$944	5.9%	131
Polson	5,218	$48,866	$279,400	$877	6.4%	215
Helena Valley Northwest	5,143	$99,247	$339,200	$1,613	2.3%	96
Bigfork	4,953	$73,443	$583,800	$1,256	3.5%	83
Glendive	4,861	$65,663	$166,400	$798	4.1%	123
Hamilton	4,806	$45,973	$279,200	$816	2.4%	97
Lolo	4,573	$69,035	$332,500	$884	1.0%	131
Malmstrom AFB	4,281	$62,684	—	$1,171	3.7%	131
Helena Valley Northeast	4,245	$137,500	$460,500	$1,550	1.5%	96
Dillon	3,958	$42,037	$211,800	$919	3.8%	73
Hardin	3,803	$57,266	$149,600	$731	11.5%	42
Glasgow	3,208	$65,850	$189,400	$704	0.8%	101
Cut Bank	3,061	$41,759	$122,400	$819	2.6%	252
Shelby	3,058	$51,667	$181,300	$720	1.3%	60
Deer Lodge	3,030	$52,813	$191,800	$768	3.4%	87
North Browning	3,001	$38,462	$131,900	$548	11.6%	69
Libby	2,857	$36,373	$191,900	$614	2.1%	38
Big Sky	2,825	$94,176	$782,100	$1,570	1.7%	86
Montana City	2,716	$113,679	$459,300	$1,246	2.2%	37
Conrad	2,640	$49,135	$155,400	$864	4.6%	53
Wolf Point	2,634	$46,389	$112,500	$690	16.6%	86
Lakeside	2,564	$71,006	$506,000	$1,130	0.0%	83
Colstrip	2,327	$87,321	$147,500	$638	5.0%	12
Red Lodge	2,321	$39,472	$363,900	$886	4.2%	37
Townsend	2,176	$65,522	$213,900	$862	12.8%	60
Malta	2,121	$60,735	$149,300	$549	4.3%	135
East Missoula	2,105	$58,991	$278,200	$1,108	7.0%	131
Lame Deer	2,064	$31,250	$102,600	$572	26.3%	12
Stevensville	2,038	$39,836	$303,200	$886	4.9%	21
King Arthur Park	2,033	$101,281	—	$1,832	0.0%	86
Manhattan	1,986	$57,045	$346,400	$1,689	0.0%	45
Clancy	1,970	$95,357	$376,500	—	1.4%	37
Crow Agency	1,965	$32,721	$86,100	$725	41.8%	72
Columbus	1,932	$59,150	$237,900	$812	5.0%	78
West Glendive	1,912	$66,725	$204,000	$808	2.4%	92
Three Forks	1,895	$77,674	$314,100	$1,263	1.4%	86
Ronan	1,868	$36,310	$174,400	$733	8.7%	124
East Helena	1,829	$54,485	$241,300	$982	7.9%	53
Roundup	1,824	$54,167	$114,900	$1,051	3.8%	86
Pablo	1,799	$35,395	$134,000	$665	8.2%	124
Eureka	1,790	$54,531	$160,200	$861	4.2%	37
Plentywood	1,781	$66,607	$153,400	$758	2.5%	128
Choteau	1,714	$54,679	$198,300	$883	1.9%	36
Big Timber	1,702	$60,842	$210,700	$726	4.0%	107
Thompson Falls	1,658	$43,125	$177,400	$619	0.6%	62
South Browning	1,654	$26,101	—	$436	15.3%	69
Helena West Side	1,591	$71,141	$334,100	$1,603	0.0%	96
Seeley Lake	1,590	$42,254	$277,100	$986	6.1%	131
Frenchtown	1,570	$86,184	$319,200	$1,542	3.6%	131
Fort Benton	1,544	$67,656	$183,100	$690	6.4%	80
Baker	1,500	$96,667	$170,000	$726	0.0%	38
Chinook	1,488	$47,067	$175,000	$542	2.3%	90
Fort Belknap Agency	1,473	$29,766	$68,900	$456	36.3%	—
Forsyth	1,458	$56,397	$164,700	$742	2.6%	12
Corvallis	1,396	$62,034	$225,500	$895	7.5%	23
Sun Prairie	1,366	$52,311	$148,400	—	0.0%	131
Bonner-West Riverside	1,281	$58,673	—	$1,002	5.0%	131
Marion	1,219	$58,704	$337,600	—	11.2%	83
Boulder	1,214	$54,609	$192,600	$720	6.0%	37
Plains	1,181	$25,313	$196,000	$775	2.5%	41
West Yellowstone	1,147	$48,750	$380,900	$817	1.6%	26
Whitehall	1,129	$41,477	$172,400	$813	9.6%	37
White Sulphur Springs	1,112	$55,775	$197,000	$743	0.0%	—
Hays	1,095	$49,423	$63,600	$496	27.5%	—
Churchill	1,081	$90,250	$462,700	$1,169	0.6%	86
Wye	1,074	$93,264	$471,000	$1,734	5.7%	131
Helena Flats	1,071	$68,194	$456,400	—	2.9%	83
Florence	1,046	$74,615	$399,600	$690	11.7%	23
Somers	1,037	$54,466	$644,000	$1,138	0.0%	83
Park City	1,022	$61,875	$222,800	$1,019	2.2%	67
St. Ignatius	1,019	$46,250	$166,900	$732	6.9%	253
Pray	1,017	$104,512	$622,100	$1,071	3.7%	85
Wheatland	1,017	$105,500	$568,900	—	0.0%	60
Harlem	1,005	$61,818	$101,900	$756	8.7%	—
Lincoln	1,005	$42,900	$250,000	$740	0.2%	96
Harlowton	999	$55,536	$158,100	$700	0.0%	47
Fairview	979	$79,500	$191,700	$567	14.6%	82
Vaughn	975	$45,000	$154,400	$846	0.4%	131
Rocky Boy West	937	$25,833	$87,500	$340	6.1%	8
Ulm	919	$100,750	$317,400	—	3.0%	131
Philipsburg	914	$32,353	$172,900	$1,073	13.8%	44
Pinesdale	904	$78,036	$163,400	$1,284	2.2%	23
Hungry Horse	891	$38,750	—	$797	0.0%	83
Gallatin Gateway	886	$98,750	$566,700	$986	4.5%	86
Victor	885	$38,427	$227,300	$901	0.0%	23
Troy	884	$32,784	$155,000	$523	1.3%	134
Superior	872	$42,632	$209,900	$689	6.5%	82
Browning	871	$41,250	$119,400	$566	16.4%	69
Absarokee	869	$56,786	$240,300	$852	0.0%	67
Sheridan	867	$80,444	$259,700	$725	2.5%	14
Havre North	848	$37,250	$133,600	$774	3.6%	118
Ponderosa Pines	841	$83,203	$251,800	—	0.0%	86
Big Sandy	798	$47,169	$121,300	—	11.7%	8
Scobey	791	$44,583	$163,600	$528	1.7%	—
Ashland	783	$39,000	$131,300	$575	15.7%	12
Chester	774	$52,750	$161,200	$662	0.7%	12
Shepherd	772	$125,179	$207,800	—	6.3%	160
Trego	766	$59,375	$286,100	$867	0.6%	30
Fairfield	759	$64,922	$179,300	$888	7.5%	36
Poplar	758	$44,712	$67,000	$600	2.7%	74
Clinton	745	$84,792	$267,600	$1,125	1.3%	131
Gardiner	744	$52,455	$373,500	$782	0.0%	85
Woods Bay	737	$98,661	$352,600	$1,167	0.5%	124
Ennis	736	$59,500	$307,000	$816	1.0%	14
White Haven	699	$33,641	$155,000	$533	13.2%	30
Arlee	693	$37,109	$193,200	$654	9.5%	124
Pioneer Junction	693	$46,806	$211,800	$598	8.7%	30
Batavia	687	$41,722	$253,000	$1,031	9.7%	83
Black Eagle	672	—	$176,500	$799	0.0%	131
Culbertson	671	$91,250	$219,400	$681	4.7%	74
Walkerville	668	$39,417	$130,000	$898	7.8%	—
Muddy	661	$38,750	$176,900	$435	6.2%	72
Piltzville	650	$94,851	$290,400	$1,365	0.0%	131
Joliet	643	$71,250	$217,100	$472	4.6%	16
Wibaux	640	$61,042	$91,900	$850	0.0%	0
Pryor	629	$50,833	$163,300	$2,000	19.8%	72
South Hills	629	$156,500	$570,300	—	0.0%	37
Hot Springs	613	$21,806	$122,000	$588	9.5%	86
Darby	610	$39,583	$203,300	$897	2.8%	23
Valier	576	$45,625	$130,800	$727	5.3%	29
Cascade	569	$46,500	$163,800	$894	3.4%	131
Heart Butte	554	$28,750	$55,000	$473	20.8%	29
Alberton	533	$59,167	$233,100	$863	1.4%	82
Belt	532	$65,500	$137,500	$763	7.2%	131
Spokane Creek	513	$90,833	$453,400	—	24.7%	60
Evaro	505	$61,094	$364,300	$1,156	7.4%	131
Worden	503	—	$167,300	$965	4.8%	160
Sangrey	501	$50,536	$108,100	$475	18.9%	118
Terry	501	$37,250	$91,200	—	2.9%	46
Lindisfarne	495	$136,691	$510,900	—	5.3%	124
Lewistown Heights	486	$84,155	$289,500	—	0.0%	77
Circle	483	$79,750	$153,300	$475	0.0%	11
Jefferson City	480	—	$269,600	—	0.0%	37
Busby	474	$44,712	$128,400	$565	18.4%	72
The Silos	474	$54,844	$450,700	—	0.0%	60
Carlton	471	$80,435	$509,900	—	0.0%	131
Turah	466	$123,393	$415,800	—	8.7%	131
Finley Point	460	$34,861	$464,800	$782	8.4%	124
Brockton	459	—	$48,500	—	1.0%	74
Lodge Grass	459	$44,167	$112,500	$656	10.9%	72
Coram	442	$58,333	$328,000	—	9.7%	83
Kila	440	—	$288,000	$957	1.9%	83
Riverbend	433	$67,500	$326,300	$1,056	0.0%	82
Fortine	432	$63,676	$255,600	—	0.0%	30
St. Pierre	432	$34,500	$38,600	$388	27.3%	118
St. Marie	428	$36,509	$20,800	—	24.1%	62
Broadus	427	$51,125	$145,800	$591	1.9%	9
Fromberg	409	$57,614	$142,600	$1,000	17.2%	16
Rader Creek	401	$78,009	$245,100	—	13.3%	37
Sunburst	392	$78,750	$127,800	$791	13.4%	60
Parker School	387	—	$175,000	—	0.0%	118
Azure	386	—	$107,200	—	30.6%	118
Glacier Colony	383	—	—	—	0.0%	69
Beaver Creek	382	$91,688	$249,000	—	0.8%	118
Huntley	380	$46,604	$220,500	—	0.0%	160
Rudyard	373	$69,750	$110,400	$629	0.0%	118
Ekalaka	372	$28,750	$99,600	$633	0.7%	0
Frazer	365	$34,375	—	$433	24.4%	62
Basin	364	$49,250	$222,000	—	0.0%	37
Fallon	360	—	$218,800	$894	0.0%	46
Charlo	356	$39,167	$144,300	$836	5.6%	124
Unionville	349	$95,000	$461,500	—	0.0%	96
Yaak	330	$57,917	$259,400	—	7.1%	30
Simms	329	$94,063	$192,800	—	0.0%	131
Jordan	327	$44,250	$154,500	$636	0.0%	2
Clyde Park	319	$56,964	$191,000	$936	4.1%	85
Emigrant	318	$43,158	$337,000	$763	3.3%	85
Rockvale	315	—	$314,800	—	0.0%	16
Nashua	314	$53,750	$158,300	$583	10.7%	62
St. Regis	314	$49,875	$184,600	$847	0.0%	82
Martin City	308	$56,473	—	$673	6.3%	83
Condon	307	$53,125	$453,100	$1,625	3.3%	131
Froid	304	$68,500	$112,500	$475	0.0%	74
Kings Point	301	$127,639	$1,375,000	—	0.0%	124
Heron	299	$29,901	$283,900	—	0.0%	41
Trout Creek	298	$53,977	$273,100	—	0.0%	41
Savage	294	$78,750	$177,700	$654	4.4%	64
Dixon	288	$39,306	$118,800	$679	17.7%	41
Boneau	285	—	—	$308	2.9%	8
Roberts	281	$76,688	$248,500	$1,113	23.3%	16
Drummond	277	—	$119,400	$608	1.9%	44
South Glastonbury	276	$55,278	$446,500	—	0.0%	85
Ballantine	272	$18,958	$222,700	—	0.0%	160
Babb	271	—	—	—	0.0%	69
Dutton	265	$50,313	$110,900	$745	4.6%	36
Riverview Colony	265	$2,499	—	—	0.0%	12
East Glacier Park Village	262	$36,250	$158,000	$810	9.9%	69
Wyola	262	$25,179	$233,300	$438	6.9%	72
Joplin	261	$62,833	$105,000	—	0.0%	12
Klein	260	$46,959	$231,700	—	0.0%	86
Moore	260	$44,271	$125,000	$747	1.8%	77
Geraldine	259	$34,688	$62,500	$542	1.0%	8
Hillside Colony	259	—	—	—	35.8%	60
Denton	252	$66,250	$92,500	$850	1.4%	77
Plevna	250	$70,556	$275,000	—	0.0%	42
Richey	245	$67,813	$102,700	$407	6.6%	92
Ryegate	245	$45,000	$87,000	$700	0.0%	9
Forest Hill Village	244	$25,977	—	—	0.0%	83
St. Mary	242	—	—	—	8.3%	69
Bear Dance	241	$52,250	$647,100	—	15.6%	124
Hinsdale	239	$43,250	$111,200	$536	2.8%	62
Lodge Pole	239	$33,000	$103,100	$440	40.2%	—
Twin Bridges	237	$53,500	$241,700	$964	0.0%	14
York	234	$105,302	$362,800	—	0.0%	96
Hysham	232	$43,906	$117,300	$950	3.7%	0
Kerr	232	$37,303	$466,700	—	0.0%	124
Stanford	229	$46,250	$112,500	$433	0.0%	24
Starr School	229	—	—	—	0.0%	69
Elliston	223	$42,000	$262,500	$813	6.1%	90
Sand Coulee	223	$74,091	$218,200	$793	12.1%	131
McAllister	221	$44,228	$608,600	—	0.0%	14
Rhodes	217	—	—	—	0.0%	83
Swan Lake	216	$76,071	$444,100	—	0.0%	124
Augusta	215	$41,118	$194,400	$769	0.0%	96
Westby	213	$40,625	$61,700	$567	0.0%	128
Pine Creek	211	$77,750	$833,300	$967	0.0%	85
Willow Creek	211	$62,188	$202,300	$865	2.0%	86
Lima	209	$47,250	$162,500	—	0.0%	33
Medicine Lake	206	$41,875	$95,000	$781	3.3%	128
Bull Lake	205	—	—	—	0.0%	30
Noxon	205	$56,250	$202,100	—	8.3%	41
Wilsall	205	$62,500	$208,300	$1,100	0.0%	85
Rocky Boy's Agency	204	$56,105	$47,900	$172	0.0%	118
Broadview	202	$60,313	$141,700	—	4.7%	160
Fort Peck	200	$84,375	$247,200	—	0.0%	62
Springhill	199	$79,500	$787,000	$967	0.0%	86
Power	197	$70,375	$155,000	$485	0.0%	36
Winifred	195	$68,750	$103,400	$554	0.0%	77
Jette	192	$57,656	$350,000	—	0.0%	124
Crane	191	$73,472	—	—	0.0%	64
Toston	190	$20,625	$306,300	—	0.0%	60
West Kootenai	189	$63,000	—	—	0.0%	30
Twin Creeks	188	$77,174	$331,600	—	0.9%	131
Gallatin River Ranch	183	—	$1,301,100	—	0.0%	86
Wineglass	182	—	—	—	0.0%	85
Saddle Butte	180	$83,359	$303,600	—	14.1%	118
Highwood	179	$50,750	$164,300	$1,361	18.9%	8
Belfry	178	$43,250	—	—	0.0%	16
New Miami Colony	178	—	$366,700	—	0.0%	29
Winnett	178	$43,750	$120,800	$582	2.0%	0
Reed Point	175	$61,250	$97,000	—	0.0%	67
Fox Lake	174	$127,557	—	$775	0.0%	64
West Glacier	174	$68,281	$562,500	$788	3.0%	83
Ravalli	173	$74,013	—	—	7.2%	124
Bridger	169	$116,818	$798,100	—	0.0%	86
Hobson	169	$33,542	$121,300	$588	17.5%	24
Big Arm	168	—	—	—	0.0%	124
Elmo	166	—	—	—	73.0%	124
Gildford	166	—	$88,200	$560	0.0%	118
Avon	164	$64,306	$150,000	$920	0.0%	90
Fort Shaw	163	—	—	—	0.0%	131
Roy	163	$42,917	—	$538	3.3%	77
Saco	162	$48,000	$56,500	$763	1.2%	135
Amsterdam	160	$90,625	$293,300	—	0.0%	86
Rocky Point	156	$120,804	$678,000	—	0.0%	124
Camp Three	155	$49,583	—	—	0.0%	86
Corwin Springs	155	$45,114	—	$224	0.0%	85
Bainville	153	$58,125	$9,999	$747	0.0%	74
Stockett	150	$38,472	—	$1,089	6.0%	131
Custer	146	$63,750	$118,100	$563	2.5%	160
Lonepine	145	$62,500	$177,100	$817	6.0%	41
West Havre	144	—	$526,300	—	0.0%	118
Rexford	142	$45,795	$136,700	—	38.2%	30
Judith Gap	140	$31,042	$110,000	$608	3.3%	47
Rimrock Colony	140	$43,500	—	—	0.0%	60
Conner	137	$72,837	$371,400	—	0.0%	23
Pony	137	$46,250	$243,800	—	0.0%	14
Turtle Lake	133	—	—	—	0.0%	124
Olney	132	—	$232,100	—	0.0%	83
Logan	130	—	—	—	0.0%	86
Nibbe	129	—	—	—	0.0%	160
Paradise	129	$42,431	$79,200	—	29.6%	41
Garrison	127	$43,750	$173,200	$475	7.7%	90
Virginia City	127	$75,625	$280,600	—	0.0%	14
Rollins	126	—	$1,136,400	—	5.0%	124
Birney	124	$62,813	—	—	0.0%	12
Kevin	124	$50,625	$57,500	—	0.0%	60
Lavina	123	$59,583	$106,300	$713	0.0%	9
Bearcreek	121	$114,375	$157,100	$870	0.0%	16
Dodson	119	$37,964	$38,700	—	88.9%	135
Dupuyer	116	$54,375	$171,900	—	2.0%	29
Fort Smith	115	$49,398	$110,200	—	0.0%	72
Dayton	114	$92,750	$833,300	—	0.0%	124
Sedan	114	$105,313	$378,100	—	0.0%	86
Silver Gate	114	—	$577,200	—	0.0%	85
Maxville	113	$105,500	$535,700	—	0.0%	44
Sylvanite	112	$51,979	$340,000	—	0.0%	30
Grass Range	111	—	—	$775	0.0%	77
Alder	108	$36,429	$325,000	—	0.0%	14
Fishtail	108	$120,341	$336,800	—	8.6%	67
Hingham	108	$52,500	$91,700	—	18.4%	118
New Rockport Colony	107	—	—	—	0.0%	36
Wisdom	107	$56,534	$162,500	$775	0.0%	33
Kicking Horse	106	$74,036	—	—	0.0%	124
Cyr	104	$69,167	$538,500	—	0.0%	82
Edgar	104	$97,563	$159,400	—	39.7%	16
Little Bitterroot Lake	104	—	$539,500	—	27.8%	83
Birch Creek Colony	101	$2,499	—	—	0.0%	29
Opheim	100	$105,750	—	—	0.0%	62
Whitewater	99	$34,038	$77,000	$285	0.0%	135
Montaqua	98	$95,917	$372,700	—	0.0%	16
Brady	97	$82,083	$146,900	—	0.0%	29
Weeksville	96	$69,063	—	—	0.0%	41
Winston	96	$55,469	$318,800	—	0.0%	60
Hebgen Lake Estates	95	—	$368,800	—	0.0%	86
Carter	94	—	$79,000	—	9.1%	8
Argenta	92	—	—	—	—	33
Greycliff	91	$87,813	—	—	0.0%	107
Rapelje	91	—	—	—	0.0%	67
Rimini	89	—	$227,100	—	0.0%	96
Old Agency	85	—	$14,500	$325	17.9%	41
Cooke City	83	$41,250	$394,400	$1,156	0.0%	85
Huson	83	—	—	—	0.0%	131
Gibson Flats	82	—	—	—	—	131
Loma	81	$46,045	$110,500	—	0.0%	8
Acton	79	—	—	$1,141	19.6%	160
Happys Inn	78	—	$355,300	—	0.0%	30
St. Xavier	78	—	$178,100	—	13.3%	72
Camrose Colony	76	—	—	—	0.0%	60
Geyser	74	$38,750	—	$380	2.8%	24
Silver Star	74	$31,667	$437,500	—	0.0%	14
Tracy	74	$22,375	—	—	2.0%	131
Essex	72	—	$388,900	—	0.0%	83
Helmville	72	$110,313	$190,600	—	0.0%	90
Fox	71	—	$647,700	—	0.0%	16
Outlook	71	$43,750	$104,200	—	4.2%	128
Sweet Grass	70	$75,263	$195,800	—	0.0%	60
Turner	69	$64,375	$56,700	$419	0.0%	—
Box Elder	68	$38,958	$120,000	—	0.0%	118
Hardy	68	—	$422,700	—	0.0%	131
Melstone	68	—	—	—	0.0%	86
Radersburg	67	—	—	—	0.0%	60
De Borgia	66	$66,786	$237,500	—	0.0%	82
Blackfoot	64	$15,625	—	—	0.0%	69
Brandon	64	$41,250	$397,100	—	0.0%	14
Nye	63	$103,958	$597,200	—	0.0%	67
Turner Colony	63	—	$75,000	—	0.0%	—
Flaxville	62	$97,857	$102,100	—	0.0%	—
Marysville	60	$60,227	$118,800	—	0.0%	96
Canyon Creek	59	—	—	—	21.4%	96
Little Browning	59	—	—	—	47.4%	69
Lake Mary Ronan	58	—	$613,600	—	21.7%	124
Maverick Mountain	58	$51,250	$320,000	—	0.0%	33
Sun River	58	$39,250	$163,000	—	50.0%	131
North Harlem Colony	57	$162,917	—	—	0.0%	—
Glen	56	—	—	—	0.0%	33
Eagle Creek Colony	54	—	—	—	0.0%	12
Fords Creek Colony	53	$225,000	—	—	0.0%	77
Vida	53	$31,528	$109,700	—	0.0%	11
Santa Rita	52	—	—	—	26.9%	69
Raynesford	51	$137,917	$182,500	—	0.0%	24
Elkhorn	49	—	—	—	—	37
Cardwell	48	$59,500	$225,000	—	5.3%	37
Jeffers	45	—	—	—	—	14
Pleasant Valley Colony	45	—	—	—	0.0%	131
Charlos Heights	44	—	—	—	0.0%	23
Kremlin	44	—	—	—	0.0%	118
Norris	44	$50,625	—	—	19.2%	14
Ovando	44	$56,563	$430,000	—	0.0%	90
Jardine	43	$36,563	—	—	27.9%	85
Harrison	42	$65,000	—	—	0.0%	14
Neihart	40	—	$176,600	—	0.0%	131
Pinnacle	40	$53,365	$450,000	—	100.0%	83
Pondera Colony	40	—	—	—	10.0%	29
Zurich	40	$44,583	$157,500	—	0.0%	—
Ayers Ranch Colony	39	—	—	—	0.0%	77
Craig	39	—	—	$783	0.0%	96
Luther	39	$124,375	$275,000	—	0.0%	16
Coffee Creek	38	—	—	—	0.0%	77
Grant	38	$56,071	$114,300	—	0.0%	33
Monarch	38	$25,714	—	—	—	131
Camas	37	—	$132,500	—	17.6%	41
Martinsdale	37	$55,489	$154,900	—	0.0%	—
Shawmut	37	$48,750	$111,300	—	0.0%	47
Boyd	36	—	—	—	0.0%	16
Sula	36	—	—	—	0.0%	23
Hall	34	$54,125	$327,300	—	0.0%	44
Rockport Colony	34	—	—	—	0.0%	36
Musselshell	33	—	—	—	0.0%	86
Midway Colony	32	—	—	—	0.0%	29
Big Stone Colony	31	—	—	—	0.0%	131
Lakeview	31	$45,000	$350,000	—	37.5%	33
Polebridge	31	—	—	—	—	83
Moccasin	29	$2,499	$23,200	—	66.7%	24
Herron	28	$51,563	—	—	0.0%	118
Reserve	27	$50,833	—	—	0.0%	128
Dell	26	—	—	—	0.0%	33
Gildford Colony	26	$29,375	—	—	0.0%	118
Landusky	26	$24,500	$59,000	—	0.0%	135
Gilman	25	$85,208	$216,700	—	0.0%	96
Hilldale Colony	25	—	—	—	0.0%	118
Springwater Colony	25	—	—	—	0.0%	47
Twin Hills Colony	25	—	—	—	0.0%	8
Roscoe	24	—	—	—	0.0%	16
Wise River	24	$52,083	$342,900	—	0.0%	33
Cascade Colony	23	—	—	—	0.0%	131
Inverness	23	$64,063	—	—	0.0%	118
Pompeys Pillar	23	—	—	—	—	160
Sage Creek Colony	23	—	—	—	0.0%	12
Biddle	22	—	$314,300	—	0.0%	9
Floweree	22	$115,417	$316,700	—	0.0%	8
Hogeland	22	—	$325,000	—	0.0%	—
Martinsdale Colony	22	—	—	—	0.0%	47
Mountain View Colony	22	—	—	—	0.0%	160
Windham	22	$70,625	$112,500	—	0.0%	24
Haugan	21	—	—	—	0.0%	82
Square Butte	21	—	—	—	0.0%	8
Stryker	21	—	—	—	0.0%	30
Sapphire Ridge	20	—	$170,800	—	0.0%	24
King Ranch Colony	19	—	—	—	0.0%	77
Redstone	19	—	—	—	0.0%	128
Utica	19	$102,917	—	—	—	24
Zortman	19	—	—	—	—	135
Mammoth	18	—	—	—	—	14
Potomac	18	—	—	—	0.0%	131
Deerfield Colony	17	—	—	—	0.0%	77
Bynum	16	$46,667	—	—	0.0%	36
Jackson	16	$26,667	—	—	0.0%	33
Pendroy	16	$74,375	$67,500	—	0.0%	36
Twodot	16	$28,500	—	—	0.0%	47
Golden Valley Colony	15	—	—	—	0.0%	9
Homestead	15	$146,875	—	—	0.0%	128
Loring Colony	15	—	—	—	0.0%	135
Saltese	15	—	—	—	—	82
Warm Spring Creek	15	—	—	—	—	77
Alzada	14	—	—	—	0.0%	0
Springdale	13	—	—	—	0.0%	85
Dewey	12	—	—	—	0.0%	33
Rosebud	12	—	—	—	0.0%	12
Wolf Creek	12	$63,125	—	—	0.0%	96
Silesia	11	—	—	—	0.0%	16
Surprise Creek Colony	10	—	—	—	0.0%	24
Bloomfield	9	$96,250	—	—	0.0%	92
Brockway	9	—	—	—	0.0%	11
Centerville	9	—	—	—	0.0%	131
Danvers	9	—	—	—	0.0%	77
Kingsbury Colony	9	—	—	—	—	29
Lindsay	8	$93,750	$175,000	—	0.0%	92
Sleeping Buffalo	8	—	—	—	0.0%	135
Whitetail	8	—	—	—	—	—
Duncan Ranch Colony	7	—	—	—	0.0%	47
Racetrack	7	—	—	—	0.0%	90
Snowslip	7	—	—	—	—	83
Peerless	6	—	—	—	—	—
Riceville	5	—	—	—	0.0%	131
Whitlash	4	—	—	—	0.0%	12
Niarada	3	—	—	—	—	83
Goldcreek	1	—	—	—	0.0%	90
Antelope	0	—	—	—	—	128
Belknap	0	—	—	—	—	41
Big Sky Colony	0	—	—	—	—	69
Brooks	0	—	—	—	—	77
East End Colony	0	—	—	—	—	118
East Malta Colony	0	—	—	—	—	135
Fair Haven Colony	0	—	—	—	—	131
Flat Willow Colony	0	—	—	—	—	86
Forty Mile Colony	0	—	—	—	—	72
Glendale Colony	0	—	—	—	—	69
Hartland Colony	0	—	—	—	—	—
Hidden Lake Colony	0	—	—	—	—	69
Hilger	0	—	—	—	—	77
Horizon Colony	0	—	—	—	—	69
Indian Springs	0	—	—	—	—	30
Ismay	0	—	—	—	—	67
Kilby Butte Colony	0	—	—	—	—	86
Laredo	0	—	—	—	—	118
Milford Colony	0	—	—	—	—	96
Miller Colony	0	—	—	—	—	36
Prairie Elk Colony	0	—	—	—	—	11
Seville Colony	0	—	—	—	—	69
Spring Creek Colony	0	—	—	—	—	77
Springdale Colony	0	—	—	—	—	—
Sunnybrook Colony	0	—	—	—	—	8
Zenith Colony	0	—	—	—	—	69

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the most affordable city in Montana?

Billings, MT is among the most affordable cities in Montana, with a cost of living index of 90 (US average = 100) and a median home value of $285,300. See the full ranking above.

What is the safest city in Montana?

Kalispell, MT ranks among the safest cities in Montana, with a crime index of 89 (100 = U.S. average, lower is safer). Crime data from the FBI UCR Program.

Which Montana city has the highest median income?

Bozeman, MT has one of the highest median household incomes in Montana at $74,113 per year. Source: US Census ACS 5-Year Estimates.