Beaverhead County, Montana

Beaverhead County has a population of 9,713 and has grown 7.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $308,300, about 5.0 times the county's median household income of $61,268.

Home price
$308,300
Income
$61,268
Population
9,713
Unemployment
1.3%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$308,300county
Median gross rent$837county
Median year homes here were built1979county
Share of homes built before 198052.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile17.6%county
Share of homes that are vacant15.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented34.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use10.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,654(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,072county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$978county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,491county
Home insurance / yr$3,215(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living95.5(statewide)
Median household income$61,268county
Family health premium / yr$22,294(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,778(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.238(statewide)
Poverty rate11.4%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home9.2%county
Unemployment rate1.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force56.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed10.8%county
Share of workers employed by government17.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry27.4%county
Economic output per resident$69,242county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.67%county
Top state income tax5.65%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.10%(statewide)
Combined sales tax0.00%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time19.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service51 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport15773county
Miles to nearest general aviation field7.2 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here4county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station215 micounty
Households without a vehicle0.8%county
Traffic deaths82.4county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher37.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher92.7%county
Public schools in the county12county
Public school enrollment1182county
Students per full-time teacher14.2county
Free lunch eligible41.7%county
Elementary schools8county
Middle schools2county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public50.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians147county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter5.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year11.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.2%county
Frequent mental distress16.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity24.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.9%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population9,713county
Land area in square miles5,543county
People per square mile of land1.8county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store21.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract13.2%county
Population change since 2020+7.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-1county
Median age43.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1817.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over23.8%county
Share of households that are one person36.3%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.6%county
Second languages4.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls45.9%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents278county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents8county
Households that moved in371county
Households that moved away320county
Average income of arriving households$62,022county
Average income of departing households$45,603county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes8county
Housing units authorised in the latest year42county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings76.2%county
Violent crime rate424(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature40.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation19.7 incounty
Annual snowfall23.6 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.24 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F0 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing204 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5acounty
Frost-free days90 dayscounty
Average last spring frostJun 12county
Average first fall frostSep 11county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$101county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh14.2¢county
Household electricity use711 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$9.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity30.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas32.6%county
Homes heated by propane15.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.3%county
Homes heated by wood19.2%county
Households with broadband90.4%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk36.3county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk39.1county
Landslide risk92.7county
Hail risk12.5county
Earthquake risk85.7county
Tornado risk6.8county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk5.0county
Winter weather risk86.1county
Strong wind risk6.8county
Wildfire risk84.3county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Beaverhead County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Montana figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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