Liberty County, Montana

Liberty County has a population of 1,952 and has shrunk 0.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $169,100, about 2.9 times the county's median household income of $57,857.

Home price
$169,100
Income
$57,857
Population
1,952
Unemployment
0.6%

Housing

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

Median home price$169,100county
Median gross rent$710county
Median year homes here were built1966county
Share of homes built before 198071.8%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile8.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant13.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented36.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use4.9%county
Typical monthly rent$1,654(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,034county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$807county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,438county
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$57,857county
Family health premium / yr$22,294(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,778(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.238(statewide)
Poverty rate25.8%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 home26.5%county
Unemployment rate0.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force57.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed11.9%county
Share of workers employed by government18.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry28.9%county
Economic output per resident$165,865county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.93%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 time16.5 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service56 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport3095county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station40 micounty
Households without a vehicle10.2%county
Traffic deaths0.0county
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 higher27.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher83.8%county
Public schools in the county6county
Public school enrollment249county
Students per full-time teacher8.9county
Free lunch eligible57.7%county
Elementary schools4county
Middle schools1county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution54 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians51county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter5.4 µgcounty
Without health insurance3.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year16.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year14.2%county
Frequent mental distress20.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity33.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.3%county

Place

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

Population1,952county
Land area in square miles1,430county
People per square mile of land1.4county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store63.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract100.0%county
Population change since 2020-0.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents5county
Median age39.8 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1827.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over21.6%county
Share of households that are one person40.3%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.9%county
Second languages13.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls85.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents613county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in30county
Households that moved away68county
Average income of arriving households$32,833county
Average income of departing households$16,132county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes10(statewide)
Housing units authorised in the latest year5,258(statewide)
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 temperature43.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation13.1 incounty
Annual snowfall58.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.93 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F7 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing181 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 4bcounty
Frost-free days134 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 14county
Average first fall frostSep 25county

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 electricity24.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas50.4%county
Homes heated by propane18.0%county
Homes heated by fuel oil2.9%county
Homes heated by wood2.5%county
Households with broadband74.6%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk11.9county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk39.9county
Landslide risk8.6county
Hail risk12.3county
Earthquake risk15.4county
Tornado risk3.5county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk8.7county
Winter weather risk47.3county
Strong wind risk3.7county
Wildfire risk17.1county

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 Liberty 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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