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Place dossier plate
SheetMT-EMIGRANT-MT · Emigrant, MT 387 pop · income 12th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Emigrant
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Emigrant on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Sangrey · lowest
40,357
Sangrey · lowest
40,357 median HH income
39.9% of the leader · rank #1
Emigrant · this city
44,375
Emigrant · this city
44,375 median HH income
43.8% of the leader · rank #2
Larsen Bay · near
44,375
Larsen Bay · near
44,375 median HH income
43.8% of the leader · rank #3
Humnoke · near
44,375
Humnoke · near
44,375 median HH income
43.8% of the leader · rank #4
Fairmead · near
44,375
Fairmead · near
44,375 median HH income
43.8% of the leader · rank #5
Taylorsville · near
44,375
Taylorsville · near
44,375 median HH income
43.8% of the leader · rank #6
Oak Glen · highest
101,250
Oak Glen · highest
101,250 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Emigrant on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 387.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Emigrant places in the 12th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
12th
percentile, household income
61st
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Emigrant, MT
387 people live in Emigrant, Montana - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Emigrant report a median income of $44,375 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 33.7%. The median resident age is 55.1 years. Educational attainment runs 61.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 40.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Montana run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Montana at 94.6 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,336 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $175 across Montana, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 33.3 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Emigrant's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Emigrant, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, annual population history, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Emigrant?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 74.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Which cities make useful reference points for Emigrant?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Montana, the closest population matches are Sunburst (386 residents, $80,938 income); Unionville (386 residents, $67,417 income); Glacier Colony (390 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Greenville, CA (387 residents); Oak Glen, CA (387 residents); Tower Hill, IL (387 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Low income · poverty 33.7% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
94.6 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Montana average
F
City profile score · Emigrant, MT
38/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
61.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living B-
94.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$44,375
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
33.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Emigrant profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 92/100 (A+) · 61.0%
Cost of living: 66/100 (B-) · 94.6 index
Household income: 13/100 (F) · $44,375
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 33.7%
How does Emigrant compare to other US cities?
Emigrant measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income12% higher than other cities
Median rent61% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Emigrant against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Montana only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Montana-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Emigrant near the bottom of Montana's cities
Among the 317 Montana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Emigrant ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Emigrant only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#227 of 282
19th percentile in Montana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 317
0th percentile in Montana
Poverty Rate
#29 of 315
91st percentile in Montana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#8 of 317
97th percentile in Montana
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Montana only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
12th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$44,375Emigrant, MT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Emigrant, MT median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Emigrant, MT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)61.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)33.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)40.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
387
Median Income
$44,375
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
55.1
Poverty Rate
33.7%
Labor force participation
40.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
61.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
74.1%
Carpool
10.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
15.0%
Based on 147 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Montana statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $175
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Montana at $175 (electricity about $80 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are Montana statewide averages, not a meter reading for Emigrant. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Montana's BEA cost-of-living index is 94.6 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Emigrant is $1,336/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Montana statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 33.3 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Montana statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Emigrant sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Emigrant compares to similar-size Montana cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.