Glacier County, Montana

Glacier County has a population of 13,637 and has shrunk 2.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $165,100, about 3.5 times the county's median household income of $46,875.

Home price
$165,100
Income
$46,875
Population
13,637
Unemployment
10.0%

Housing

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

Median home price$165,100county
Median gross rent$548county
Median year homes here were built1974county
Share of homes built before 198062.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile13.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant19.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented36.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use9.3%county
Typical monthly rent$1,654(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,275county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,033county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,529county
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$46,875county
Family health premium / yr$22,294(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,778(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.238(statewide)
Poverty rate31.1%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 home12.5%county
Unemployment rate10.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force55.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.7%county
Share of workers employed by government44.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry28.7%county
Economic output per resident$47,639county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.84%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 time14.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service70 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport503816county
Miles to nearest general aviation field14 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here3county
Passenger train stations and the railway network3county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station11 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.0%county
Traffic deaths80.7county
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 higher16.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher85.0%county
Public schools in the county18county
Public school enrollment2685county
Students per full-time teacher13.1county
Free lunch eligible90.0%county
Elementary schools12county
Middle schools4county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public0.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution10 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians80county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter6.4 µgcounty
Without health insurance23.6%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year32.0%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year26.3%county
Frequent mental distress25.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity32.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.0%county

Place

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

Population13,637county
Land area in square miles2,995county
People per square mile of land4.6county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store24.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract31.4%county
Population change since 2020-2.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age33.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1830.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over13.2%county
Share of households that are one person25.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.8%county
Second languages8.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls80.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents189county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-4county
Households that moved in178county
Households that moved away189county
Average income of arriving households$46,955county
Average income of departing households$64,582county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes0county
Housing units authorised in the latest year0county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings48.7%(statewide)
Violent crime rate424(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature41.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation23.4 incounty
Annual snowfall50.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.87 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F0 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing173 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5acounty
Frost-free days110 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 28county
Average first fall frostSep 15county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$114(statewide)
Electric utilities serving this county2(statewide)
Electricity price per kWh13.8¢(statewide)
Household electricity use823 kWh(statewide)
Residential natural gas price$9.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity35.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas42.9%county
Homes heated by propane9.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood11.0%county
Households with broadband84.0%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk45.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk36.8county
Landslide risk63.8county
Hail risk8.7county
Earthquake risk60.8county
Tornado risk3.7county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk16.7county
Winter weather risk90.7county
Strong wind risk14.2county
Wildfire risk85.3county

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 Glacier 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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