Most Affordable Cities in Montana
Cities ranked by home-value-to-income ratio. Lower ratio = more affordable. Only cities with 500+ population included.
| # | City | Ratio | Home Value | Median Income | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hays CDP | 1.1x | $61,100 | $57,875 | 967 |
| 2 | Harlem city | 1.2x | $89,700 | $74,545 | 879 |
| 3 | Wibaux town | 1.4x | $89,400 | $64,115 | 686 |
| 4 | Heart Butte CDP | 1.7x | $48,800 | $28,977 | 504 |
| 5 | Crow Agency CDP | 1.8x | $88,500 | $49,333 | 2,110 |
| 6 | Circle town | 2.0x | $161,100 | $81,250 | 543 |
| 7 | Poplar city | 2.0x | $91,700 | $45,104 | 655 |
| 8 | Roundup city | 2.1x | $118,300 | $57,632 | 1,964 |
| 9 | Culbertson town | 2.1x | $218,800 | $103,750 | 578 |
| 10 | Fairview town | 2.2x | $178,800 | $80,903 | 919 |
| 11 | Big Sandy town | 2.2x | $129,600 | $58,083 | 844 |
| 12 | Colstrip city | 2.3x | $193,700 | $86,000 | 2,156 |
| 13 | Pryor CDP | 2.3x | $116,400 | $50,547 | 639 |
| 14 | Malta city | 2.3x | $139,000 | $59,449 | 1,902 |
| 15 | Hardin city | 2.4x | $142,800 | $60,463 | 3,766 |
| 16 | Belt town | 2.4x | $170,500 | $72,083 | 525 |
| 17 | Plentywood city | 2.4x | $148,800 | $62,163 | 1,677 |
| 18 | Muddy CDP | 2.5x | $120,200 | $48,409 | 641 |
| 19 | Glendive city | 2.5x | $176,900 | $71,063 | 4,831 |
| 20 | Baker city | 2.5x | $198,800 | $78,971 | 1,535 |
| 21 | Wolf Point city | 2.6x | $124,600 | $48,750 | 2,604 |
| 22 | Sun Prairie CDP | 2.6x | $156,800 | $61,004 | 1,514 |
| 23 | Huntley CDP | 2.6x | $237,200 | $91,667 | 534 |
| 24 | Glasgow city | 2.7x | $206,000 | $76,985 | 3,194 |
| 25 | Bonner-West Riverside CDP | 2.7x | $162,100 | $59,609 | 1,445 |
| 26 | Valier town | 2.8x | $124,300 | $44,432 | 626 |
| 27 | Pinesdale town | 2.8x | $198,100 | $70,694 | 847 |
| 28 | Corvallis CDP | 2.9x | $237,900 | $83,011 | 1,356 |
| 29 | Chinook city | 2.9x | $205,900 | $71,500 | 1,460 |
| 30 | Cut Bank city | 2.9x | $161,400 | $55,848 | 3,040 |
| 31 | Chester town | 2.9x | $156,900 | $53,583 | 704 |
| 32 | Fort Benton city | 3.0x | $201,900 | $67,171 | 1,470 |
| 33 | Townsend city | 3.0x | $212,800 | $70,774 | 2,232 |
| 34 | Miles City city | 3.0x | $182,700 | $60,732 | 8,412 |
| 35 | Fairfield town | 3.1x | $203,000 | $66,544 | 746 |
| 36 | Vaughn CDP | 3.1x | $165,600 | $54,250 | 970 |
| 37 | Ponderosa Pines CDP | 3.1x | $264,600 | $86,102 | 969 |
| 38 | Park City CDP | 3.1x | $228,700 | $73,750 | 934 |
| 39 | King Arthur Park CDP | 3.1x | $333,500 | $107,341 | 2,343 |
| 40 | West Glendive CDP | 3.1x | $179,700 | $57,743 | 1,968 |
| 41 | Joliet town | 3.1x | $237,100 | $75,469 | 614 |
| 42 | Forsyth city | 3.2x | $185,100 | $58,375 | 1,682 |
| 43 | Boulder city | 3.2x | $194,800 | $61,250 | 1,326 |
| 44 | Ulm CDP | 3.2x | $331,100 | $103,750 | 868 |
| 45 | North Browning CDP | 3.2x | $131,300 | $40,813 | 2,894 |
| 46 | Black Eagle CDP | 3.2x | $179,800 | $55,588 | 654 |
| 47 | Trego CDP | 3.3x | $300,000 | $91,667 | 856 |
| 48 | Harlowton city | 3.3x | $178,800 | $53,750 | 1,054 |
| 49 | Walkerville town | 3.3x | $147,200 | $44,226 | 660 |
| 50 | Conrad city | 3.3x | $158,400 | $47,348 | 2,553 |
| 51 | Helena Valley Northeast CDP | 3.4x | $462,400 | $137,724 | 4,398 |
| 52 | Lockwood CDP | 3.4x | $250,900 | $74,451 | 7,474 |
| 53 | Havre city | 3.4x | $197,600 | $58,000 | 9,333 |
| 54 | Havre North CDP | 3.4x | $125,600 | $36,695 | 880 |
| 55 | Thompson Falls city | 3.4x | $182,200 | $53,203 | 1,568 |
| 56 | Alberton town | 3.5x | $247,000 | $71,250 | 567 |
| 57 | Ashland CDP | 3.5x | $137,500 | $39,429 | 956 |
| 58 | Laurel city | 3.5x | $232,700 | $66,382 | 7,198 |
| 59 | Browning town | 3.5x | $121,100 | $34,318 | 990 |
| 60 | Helena Valley Northwest CDP | 3.5x | $358,600 | $101,278 | 5,070 |
| 61 | Turah CDP | 3.6x | $457,300 | $128,750 | 507 |
| 62 | Sheridan town | 3.6x | $298,600 | $83,264 | 788 |
| 63 | Lewistown city | 3.6x | $159,500 | $44,195 | 6,028 |
| 64 | Choteau city | 3.6x | $194,900 | $53,929 | 1,719 |
| 65 | Clinton CDP | 3.6x | $326,100 | $89,482 | 884 |
| 66 | Deer Lodge city | 3.7x | $196,400 | $53,676 | 3,035 |
| 67 | Big Timber city | 3.7x | $235,100 | $63,514 | 1,530 |
| 68 | Scobey city | 3.7x | $184,800 | $49,797 | 824 |
| 69 | Great Falls city | 3.7x | $237,400 | $63,934 | 60,412 |
| 70 | Evergreen CDP | 3.7x | $271,700 | $73,015 | 8,908 |
| 71 | Clancy CDP | 3.8x | $443,500 | $116,800 | 1,729 |
| 72 | St. Ignatius town | 3.8x | $194,200 | $50,781 | 1,053 |
| 73 | Cascade town | 3.8x | $186,500 | $48,750 | 654 |
| 74 | Shelby city | 3.9x | $206,000 | $53,357 | 3,129 |
| 75 | Butte-Silver Bow (balance) | 3.9x | $225,100 | $57,633 | 34,929 |
| 76 | Eureka town | 3.9x | $172,300 | $43,750 | 2,009 |
| 77 | Sidney city | 4.0x | $249,100 | $62,992 | 6,235 |
| 78 | Helena Valley West Central CDP | 4.0x | $352,800 | $89,040 | 8,224 |
| 79 | South Hills CDP | 4.1x | $652,400 | $160,417 | 634 |
| 80 | White Sulphur Springs city | 4.1x | $231,700 | $56,424 | 1,097 |
| 81 | Woods Bay CDP | 4.1x | $395,700 | $95,781 | 696 |
| 82 | Montana City CDP | 4.1x | $519,100 | $125,223 | 2,899 |
| 83 | Columbus town | 4.2x | $264,000 | $62,500 | 1,925 |
| 84 | Anaconda-Deer Lodge County | 4.2x | $209,700 | $49,533 | 9,512 |
| 85 | Frenchtown CDP | 4.3x | $391,600 | $90,767 | 1,629 |
| 86 | Billings city | 4.3x | $311,800 | $71,855 | 118,321 |
| 87 | Lame Deer CDP | 4.4x | $117,300 | $26,364 | 1,939 |
| 88 | Absarokee CDP | 4.5x | $258,100 | $57,212 | 998 |
| 89 | Dillon city | 4.6x | $237,500 | $51,458 | 4,020 |
| 90 | Whitehall town | 4.7x | $180,600 | $38,750 | 1,151 |
| 91 | Florence CDP | 4.7x | $460,000 | $97,850 | 993 |
| 92 | East Helena city | 4.7x | $254,400 | $53,611 | 1,855 |
| 93 | Three Forks city | 4.8x | $382,400 | $80,394 | 2,034 |
| 94 | Victor CDP | 4.8x | $247,500 | $51,898 | 948 |
| 95 | Lolo CDP | 4.8x | $353,700 | $73,700 | 4,378 |
| 96 | Helena Valley Southeast CDP | 4.8x | $308,000 | $63,824 | 9,533 |
| 97 | Ronan city | 4.9x | $201,700 | $41,429 | 1,962 |
| 98 | Wye CDP | 4.9x | $520,700 | $106,667 | 1,222 |
| 99 | East Missoula CDP | 4.9x | $323,900 | $65,541 | 2,072 |
| 100 | Troy city | 5.0x | $182,100 | $36,641 | 906 |
| 101 | Batavia CDP | 5.1x | $310,000 | $61,346 | 740 |
| 102 | Spokane Creek CDP | 5.1x | $699,500 | $137,552 | 783 |
| 103 | Helena city | 5.1x | $355,100 | $69,341 | 33,126 |
| 104 | Belgrade city | 5.3x | $469,600 | $88,896 | 11,425 |
| 105 | Columbia Falls city | 5.3x | $346,700 | $65,313 | 5,531 |
| 106 | Livingston city | 5.3x | $348,700 | $65,187 | 8,635 |
| 107 | Wheatland CDP | 5.4x | $581,100 | $108,580 | 1,185 |
| 108 | Four Corners CDP | 5.6x | $620,200 | $111,474 | 5,562 |
| 109 | Libby city | 5.6x | $218,500 | $39,261 | 2,948 |
| 110 | Piltzville CDP | 5.6x | $457,000 | $81,000 | 605 |
| 111 | Hamilton city | 5.7x | $299,800 | $52,917 | 4,949 |
| 112 | Seeley Lake CDP | 5.9x | $270,400 | $46,031 | 1,335 |
| 113 | Pray CDP | 5.9x | $601,400 | $102,143 | 1,018 |
| 114 | Superior town | 5.9x | $260,300 | $43,750 | 995 |
| 115 | Helena West Side CDP | 6.1x | $411,800 | $67,692 | 1,584 |
| 116 | Churchill CDP | 6.2x | $588,800 | $95,550 | 1,120 |
| 117 | Helena Flats CDP | 6.2x | $544,900 | $88,125 | 1,014 |
| 118 | Kalispell city | 6.2x | $381,400 | $61,590 | 26,830 |
| 119 | Lincoln CDP | 6.2x | $286,200 | $45,912 | 868 |
| 120 | Polson city | 6.2x | $321,000 | $51,463 | 5,334 |
| 121 | Pioneer Junction CDP | 6.3x | $264,400 | $42,250 | 734 |
| 122 | Stevensville town | 6.4x | $336,500 | $52,745 | 2,172 |
| 123 | Darby town | 6.4x | $263,200 | $40,943 | 575 |
| 124 | Bridger town | 6.5x | $232,900 | $35,893 | 850 |
| 125 | Hot Springs town | 6.5x | $139,100 | $21,319 | 558 |
| 126 | Missoula city | 6.5x | $427,400 | $65,329 | 75,600 |
| 127 | Ennis town | 6.6x | $402,300 | $60,880 | 615 |
| 128 | Manhattan town | 6.6x | $460,400 | $69,671 | 2,149 |
| 129 | Pablo CDP | 6.6x | $255,200 | $38,430 | 1,808 |
| 130 | Riverbend CDP | 6.9x | $428,000 | $62,250 | 505 |
| 131 | Orchard Homes CDP | 6.9x | $473,100 | $68,649 | 5,280 |
| 132 | Lakeside CDP | 7.0x | $589,500 | $83,958 | 2,730 |
| 133 | West Yellowstone town | 7.0x | $402,600 | $57,167 | 1,457 |
| 134 | Marion CDP | 7.1x | $370,900 | $52,105 | 1,149 |
| 135 | Bigfork CDP | 7.4x | $614,300 | $82,648 | 5,249 |
| 136 | Philipsburg town | 7.6x | $304,200 | $40,096 | 1,012 |
| 137 | Bozeman city | 7.7x | $614,900 | $79,903 | 55,042 |
| 138 | Somers CDP | 8.4x | $477,300 | $56,501 | 1,181 |
| 139 | Plains town | 8.5x | $209,200 | $24,661 | 1,077 |
| 140 | Big Sky CDP | 8.5x | $884,700 | $103,625 | 2,388 |
| 141 | Red Lodge city | 8.5x | $374,900 | $43,857 | 2,399 |
| 142 | Whitefish city | 9.1x | $648,200 | $71,110 | 8,422 |
| 143 | Gallatin Gateway CDP | 9.2x | $747,900 | $81,429 | 1,092 |
| 144 | Gardiner CDP | 10.5x | $609,200 | $57,835 | 791 |