State safety & data profile
MontanaMT
7 cities with population 10,000+. Government data from the Census Bureau, CDC, and CMS, with the per-city tables and rankings below.
Data updated 2026-08-18
- 7
- Cities tracked
- 380K
- Residents
- $71,279
- Avg income
- 375
- Violent / 100K
Montana at a glance
Areazine tracks 7 cities across Montana, led by Billings (117K residents) - each with federal health, economic and safety data and live government alerts.
- 117K
- largest: Billings
- $429,450
- avg home value
- 375
- violent crime / 100K (statewide)
FBI UCR crime reporting is voluntary and incomplete, so this rate reflects reported incidents, not a definitive measure of danger, and city-level rankings below can omit non-reporting agencies entirely.
Where Montana ranks on income, nationally
Average of city median household incomes vs. all 50 states + DC
$71,279 Bottom 25% higher than 25% of 51 states
Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more 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, American Community Survey (city aggregates) · 2024 ACS 5-year
The quick read
How to read the Montana profile without drowning in rankings
Montana has 7 cities tracked on Areazine with populations of 10,000 or more, representing roughly 379,514 residents inside those city boundaries. The state-wide average of city median incomes is $71,279, and the average median home value across those cities is $429,450. These aggregates are simple averages of city medians, not population-weighted. Use the per-city ranking tables below for place-level work; use the aggregates for a quick cross-state benchmark.
The ranking cards further down organize the same underlying data through different lenses: largest, highest income, most affordable, most educated, fastest growing. Each linked ranking page names the sort field and direction so comparisons stay honest across lenses.
Montana Summary
| Indicator | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Cities Tracked (pop ≥ 10,000) | 7 | Census/GeoNames |
| Total Population (tracked cities) | 379,514 | ACS 2024 |
| Avg Median Household Income | $71,279 | ACS 2024 |
| Avg Median Home Value | $429,450 | ACS 2024 |
| Violent Crime Rate | 375 /100k | FBI UCR 2022 |
| Property Crime Rate | 1971 /100k | FBI UCR 2022 |
| Assault Rate | 346 /100k | FBI UCR 2022 |
| Burglary Rate | 218 /100k | FBI UCR 2022 |
Public Safety
Largest Cities 7
Highest Income 6
Highest Home Values 6
Montana City Rankings 9
All Cities in Montana 7
Using the Montana profile
Treat this as a benchmark to drill down from, not a verdict on any one city.
- Treat the state aggregates as a benchmark only, they are simple averages of city medians, not population-weighted.
- Drill into a specific Montana city for place-level population and economics, plus county-level health and hospital data. Browse cities
- Rank Montana cities on wellbeing, affordability, growth and more. Community rankings
State crime figures are statewide FBI UCR rates; not every city reports comparable city-level crime data.
About this Montana profile
The Areazine Montana profile is rebuilt every time an upstream federal release ships. Demographic and economic figures advance with the American Community Survey five-year estimate cycle. Health prevalence and access-to-care indicators advance with the CDC PLACES annual release. Hospital quality scores advance with the CMS Hospital Compare quarterly refresh. Crime rates and offense distributions advance with the FBI Crime Data Explorer release. Each individual figure on this page carries its own vintage, named explicitly in the source citation, so the user can verify against the upstream record without having to track our internal refresh schedule.
Cross-checking is encouraged. Every figure on Areazine is built from a publicly available federal source whose primary URL is documented in the methodology pane. If a number on the Montana page disagrees with a number you saw elsewhere, the right next step is to compare vintages and field definitions: many discrepancies between data providers reduce to a different release date or a slightly different statistical universe (for example, ACS one-year versus five-year estimates, or UCR offenses-known-to-law-enforcement versus arrest counts). When the field definitions match and the vintages match, federal sources tend to be the canonical reference; Areazine's editorial approach is to surface the canonical number rather than to mediate or smooth.
Data Sources
City population from GeoNames/Census Bureau. Economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program. Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. State profiles are compiled directly from Census Bureau, CDC, CMS, and FBI releases. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.