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Place dossier plate
SheetMT-ST-IGNATIUS-MT · St. Ignatius, MT 1,053 pop · income 21st 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 St. Ignatius
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest St. Ignatius on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Plains · lowest
24,661
Plains · lowest
24,661 median HH income
17.3% of the leader · rank #1
Port Isabel · near
50,775
Port Isabel · near
50,775 median HH income
35.6% of the leader · rank #2
Sebewaing · near
50,779
Sebewaing · near
50,779 median HH income
35.6% of the leader · rank #3
St. Ignatius · this city
50,781
St. Ignatius · this city
50,781 median HH income
35.6% of the leader · rank #4
Kiron · near
50,781
Kiron · near
50,781 median HH income
35.6% of the leader · rank #5
Point Marion · near
50,781
Point Marion · near
50,781 median HH income
35.6% of the leader · rank #6
Winding Cypre… · highest
142,819
Winding Cypre… · highest
142,819 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for St. Ignatius on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 1,053.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
St. Ignatius - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, St. Ignatius places in the 21st percentile for household income and the 0th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
21st
percentile, household income
41st
percentile, home value
61st
percentile, median rent
0th
percentile, safety
📝 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: St. Ignatius, MT
1,053 people live in St. Ignatius, Montana - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. St. Ignatius households earn a median of $50,781 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 9.2%. Typical homes in St. Ignatius are valued around $194,200, and the median resident age is 28.9 years. Educational attainment runs 21.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 48.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
St. Ignatius's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 9808.6 crimes per 100,000 residents, above the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Montana run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Montana scores 94.6 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,336 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $175 across Montana, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 33.3 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of St. Ignatius'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 reported crime to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to population change to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For St. Ignatius, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in St. Ignatius?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 9808.6 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 330% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Which cities make useful reference points for St. Ignatius?
Within Montana, the closest population matches are Harlowton (1,054 residents, $53,750 income); Plains (1,077 residents, $24,661 income); Pray (1,018 residents, $102,143 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Winding Cypress, FL (1,053 residents); Kamiah, ID (1,053 residents); Bloomfield, KY (1,053 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.
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
What does the journey to work look like in St. Ignatius?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 71.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Is St. Ignatius growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +44 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.6% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in St. Ignatius?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 9.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Household income
$50,781
Home value
$194,200
Value / income
3.8×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Montana average
F
City profile score · St. Ignatius, MT
36/100
5 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.
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.
Poverty rate D
9.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
21.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$50,781
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime F
479 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
St. Ignatius profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 66/100 (B-) · 94.6 index
Poverty rate: 43/100 (D) · 9.2%
Bachelor's+ share: 39/100 (F) · 21.7%
Household income: 21/100 (F) · $50,781
Violent crime: 17/100 (F) · 479 /100k
Where St. Ignatius sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
St. Ignatius's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - St. Ignatius highlighted among 23 peers.Read the chart values
St. Ignatius, MT (this city): home $194,200, crime 9,809/100k
Cleveland, NC : home $205,800, crime 1,239/100k
Plains, MT : home $209,200, crime 397/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does St. Ignatius compare to other US cities?
St. Ignatius measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income21% higher than other cities
Home value41% pricier than other cities
Median rent61% pricier than other cities
Safety0% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Montana, St. Ignatius ranks #39 of 39 Montana cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares St. Ignatius 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 St. Ignatius near the bottom of Montana's cities
Among the 317 Montana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, St. Ignatius ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares St. Ignatius only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#195 of 282
31st percentile in Montana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 317
0th percentile in Montana
Median Home Value
#172 of 279
38th percentile in Montana
Poverty Rate
#125 of 315
60th percentile in Montana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#162 of 317
48th 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
21st percentile nationally for median household income · 0th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
St. Ignatius's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
St. Ignatius's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How St. Ignatius's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$194,200Among the most affordablemore affordable than 59% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
St. Ignatius's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,145 of 15,516
More affordable than 35% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,010 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.8×, St. Ignatius sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,145 of 15,516 and #8,010 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$50,781St. Ignatius, MT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context St. Ignatius, 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 St. Ignatius, MT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)9.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)48.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,053
Median Income
$50,781
Median Home Value
$194,200
Median Age
28.9
Poverty Rate
9.2%
Labor force participation
48.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
21.7%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
9808.6
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
478.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
9330.1
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
St. Ignatius's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
784 residents
2021
803 residents
2022
820 residents
2023
825 residents
2024
829 residents
2025
828 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
71.6%
Carpool
14.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
5.4%
Work from Home
8.5%
Based on 331 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 St. Ignatius. 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 St. Ignatius 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 St. Ignatius sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How St. Ignatius 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, FBI UCR, 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.