State profile · MT

Largest Cities in Montana

Name: Montana Cities: Population, Income & Housing Data
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Ranked by resident population across 317 tracked cities and towns in Montana, using Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). This compares cities and Census-designated places, not metropolitan areas, and carries the same rows into the chart, table, and downloadable CSV below.

Compiled by PlainCities

317
Cities: 773.2K
Combined city pop.: $64,832
Avg median income: 11.1%
Avg poverty rate

Data updated August 2026

The headline finding

Billings is the largest of 317 tracked cities in Montana, which ranks #37 of 52 nationally on avg median income.

Billings
largest tracked city (118,321 people): #37
national rank, avg median income: 317
cities tracked in this state

Every figure here is read live from the same table rendered below.

97% of Montana's 317 tracked cities are small towns under 10,000 people -- none crosses the 1-million-resident mark.

<10K

309
10K-99K

7
100K-999K

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What this shows Small towns under 10,000 residents are the largest group in PlainCities' Montana coverage, with 309 of 317 tracked places. This is a count of profiled places, not a share of the state's population.

How we calculate this mix & the national home-value percentile below

Every tracked city in Montana is bucketed by population: small town under 10,000; mid-size 10,000–99,999; large 100,000–999,999; megacity 1,000,000+. The national home-value comparison below plots Montana's average tracked-city home value against all 52 US states/territories, ranked the same way as the per-city percentiles: the state's percentile is the share of states with a lower average home value. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.

Billings

118,321
Missoula

75,600
Great Falls

60,412
Bozeman

55,042
Butte-Silver Bow

34,929
Helena

33,126
Kalispell

26,830
Belgrade

11,425
Helena Valley Southeast

9,533
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County

9,512
Havre

9,333
Evergreen

8,908

What this shows Billings, MT is the most populous city profiled in Montana; the top 100 rows are listed below and the complete 317-row record is available as a CSV.

How Montana ranks nationally

Avg median income

$64,832

#37 of 52 · highest income

Avg home value

$285,235

#20 of 52 · highest values

Avg poverty rate

11.1%

#34 of 52 · lowest poverty

Tracked cities

317

#35 of 52 · most tracked cities

Montana ranks #37 of 52 nationally on average median income and #34 of 52 on average poverty rate, derived live by comparing it against every other tracked state. Averages are computed only across the cities PlainCities tracks in each state, not full state populations.

How Montana's home values compare nationally

Average tracked-city home value vs. all 52 US states/territories

$285,235 38th percentile more affordable than 38% of 52 US states

Show national distribution

Each bar is a $50K-wide band; taller bars hold more US states. 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

Largest cities in Montana

Showing the 100 most-populous tracked places, ordered by population. Download the CSV for every one of the 317 city records and their source-backed fields.

#	City	Population	Median Income	Home Value	Poverty
1	Billings	118,321	$71,855	$311,800	7.5%
2	Missoula	75,600	$65,329	$427,400	6.1%
3	Great Falls	60,412	$63,934	$237,400	7.5%
4	Bozeman	55,042	$79,903	$614,900	4.9%
5	Butte-Silver Bow	34,929	$57,633	$225,100	9.0%
6	Helena	33,126	$69,341	$355,100	4.2%
7	Kalispell	26,830	$61,590	$381,400	5.3%
8	Belgrade	11,425	$88,896	$469,600	6.8%
9	Helena Valley Southeast	9,533	$63,824	$308,000	7.0%
10	Anaconda-Deer Lodge County	9,512	$49,533	$209,700	12.9%
11	Havre	9,333	$58,000	$197,600	12.1%
12	Evergreen	8,908	$73,015	$271,700	5.9%
13	Livingston	8,635	$65,187	$348,700	9.3%
14	Whitefish	8,422	$71,110	$648,200	6.6%
15	Miles City	8,412	$60,732	$182,700	5.4%
16	Helena Valley West Central	8,224	$89,040	$352,800	2.9%
17	Lockwood	7,474	$74,451	$250,900	10.4%
18	Laurel	7,198	$66,382	$232,700	9.6%
19	Sidney	6,235	$62,992	$249,100	9.4%
20	Lewistown	6,028	$44,195	$159,500	14.8%
21	Four Corners	5,562	$111,474	$620,200	2.0%
22	Columbia Falls	5,531	$65,313	$346,700	5.7%
23	Polson	5,334	$51,463	$321,000	14.9%
24	Orchard Homes	5,280	$68,649	$473,100	2.5%
25	Bigfork	5,249	$82,648	$614,300	3.2%
26	Helena Valley Northwest	5,070	$101,278	$358,600	1.5%
27	Hamilton	4,949	$52,917	$299,800	5.6%
28	Glendive	4,831	$71,063	$176,900	4.0%
29	Helena Valley Northeast	4,398	$137,724	$462,400	0.0%
30	Lolo	4,378	$73,700	$353,700	3.2%
31	Malmstrom AFB	4,191	$64,079	N/A	7.1%
32	Dillon	4,020	$51,458	$237,500	8.9%
33	Hardin	3,766	$60,463	$142,800	18.3%
34	Glasgow	3,194	$76,985	$206,000	5.0%
35	Shelby	3,129	$53,357	$206,000	2.0%
36	Cut Bank	3,040	$55,848	$161,400	17.7%
37	Deer Lodge	3,035	$53,676	$196,400	2.5%
38	Libby	2,948	$39,261	$218,500	17.6%
39	Montana	2,899	$125,223	$519,100	1.3%
40	North Browning	2,894	$40,813	$131,300	22.4%
41	Lakeside	2,730	$83,958	$589,500	11.1%
42	Wolf Point	2,604	$48,750	$124,600	27.5%
43	Conrad	2,553	$47,348	$158,400	14.4%
44	Red Lodge	2,399	$43,857	$374,900	3.0%
45	Big Sky	2,388	$103,625	$884,700	1.1%
46	King Arthur Park	2,343	$107,341	$333,500	0.0%
47	Townsend	2,232	$70,774	$212,800	10.0%
48	Stevensville	2,172	$52,745	$336,500	15.5%
49	Colstrip	2,156	$86,000	$193,700	9.0%
50	Manhattan	2,149	$69,671	$460,400	0.7%
51	Crow Agency	2,110	$49,333	$88,500	32.8%
52	East Missoula	2,072	$65,541	$323,900	7.1%
53	Three Forks	2,034	$80,394	$382,400	5.1%
54	Eureka	2,009	$43,750	$172,300	20.4%
55	West Glendive	1,968	$57,743	$179,700	5.7%
56	Roundup	1,964	$57,632	$118,300	9.0%
57	Ronan	1,962	$41,429	$201,700	15.8%
58	Lame Deer	1,939	$26,364	$117,300	44.0%
59	Columbus	1,925	$62,500	$264,000	11.9%
60	Malta	1,902	$59,449	$139,000	5.0%
61	East Helena	1,855	$53,611	$254,400	13.3%
62	South Browning	1,852	N/A	N/A	38.9%
63	Pablo	1,808	$38,430	$255,200	25.9%
64	Clancy	1,729	$116,800	$443,500	4.7%
65	Choteau	1,719	$53,929	$194,900	5.4%
66	Forsyth	1,682	$58,375	$185,100	10.6%
67	Plentywood	1,677	$62,163	$148,800	7.3%
68	Frenchtown	1,629	$90,767	$391,600	11.3%
69	Helena West Side	1,584	$67,692	$411,800	1.9%
70	Thompson Falls	1,568	$53,203	$182,200	4.0%
71	Baker	1,535	$78,971	$198,800	6.4%
72	Big Timber	1,530	$63,514	$235,100	3.6%
73	Sun Prairie	1,514	$61,004	$156,800	4.3%
74	Fort Benton	1,470	$67,171	$201,900	1.1%
75	Chinook	1,460	$71,500	$205,900	6.2%
76	West Yellowstone	1,457	$57,167	$402,600	4.7%
77	Bonner-West Riverside	1,445	$59,609	$162,100	5.8%
78	Fort Belknap Agency	1,434	N/A	$73,000	27.3%
79	Corvallis	1,356	$83,011	$237,900	6.2%
80	Seeley Lake	1,335	$46,031	$270,400	0.0%
81	Boulder	1,326	$61,250	$194,800	0.0%
82	Wye	1,222	$106,667	$520,700	0.0%
83	Wheatland	1,185	$108,580	$581,100	0.0%
84	Somers	1,181	$56,501	$477,300	0.0%
85	Whitehall	1,151	$38,750	$180,600	16.2%
86	Marion	1,149	$52,105	$370,900	7.7%
87	Churchill	1,120	$95,550	$588,800	5.5%
88	White Sulphur Springs	1,097	$56,424	$231,700	7.2%
89	Gallatin Gateway	1,092	$81,429	$747,900	5.7%
90	Plains	1,077	$24,661	$209,200	12.4%
91	Harlowton	1,054	$53,750	$178,800	10.1%
92	St. Ignatius	1,053	$50,781	$194,200	9.2%
93	Pray	1,018	$102,143	$601,400	5.9%
94	Helena Flats	1,014	$88,125	$544,900	0.9%
95	Philipsburg	1,012	$40,096	$304,200	6.9%
96	Absarokee	998	$57,212	$258,100	9.1%
97	Superior	995	$43,750	$260,300	12.4%
98	Florence	993	$97,850	$460,000	4.9%
99	Browning	990	$34,318	$121,100	36.5%
100	Vaughn	970	$54,250	$165,600	4.4%

What to do with Montana's city data

317 cities is a lot to browse, here's where to start.

Billings is Montana's largest tracked city by population, start there if you want the fullest picture of a major MT metro. Billings profile
The highest published median in Montana sits on the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, a bound rather than an exact figure. Browse the city table by income column instead of trusting a single crown. All Montana cities
See how Montana's cities stack up nationally, not just against each other. National rankings

City counts and averages on this page cover only the 317 places with sufficient Census ACS data, smaller towns below the reporting threshold are not included.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.

Compare beyond this state

Nationwide similar states

Other states closest to Montana on two ACS statewide axes: tracked-city population sum and mean of city median household incomes. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a claim that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar statewide population

Nearest 50-state peers by ACS population of tracked cities. This state: 773,161.

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Similar mean household income

Nearest peers by mean of city median household incomes. This state: $64,832. Population peers are excluded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many cities does PlainCities track in Montana?

PlainCities profiles 317 cities and towns in Montana, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2023).

What is the largest city in Montana?

Billings is the largest tracked city in Montana, with a population of 118,321.

What is the average household income in Montana?

Across the 317 tracked cities in Montana, the average median household income is $64,832. Individual cities vary widely - the highest published median in Montana sits on the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, a bound rather than an exact figure.

What is the average poverty rate in Montana?

The average poverty rate across Montana's tracked cities is 11.1%, based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

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