Park County, Montana

Park County has a population of 17,710 and has grown 5.9% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $467,500, about 6.7 times the county's median household income of $70,047.

Home price
$467,500
Income
$70,047
Population
17,710
Unemployment
2.7%

Housing

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

Median home price$467,500county
Median gross rent$976county
Median year homes here were built1980county
Share of homes built before 198050.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile8.0%county
Share of homes that are vacant13.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented30.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use8.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,433county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,605county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,385county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,232county
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$70,047county
Family health premium / yr$22,294(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,778(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.238(statewide)
Poverty rate12.3%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 home17.0%county
Unemployment rate2.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force59.3%county
Share of workers who are self-employed12.1%county
Share of workers employed by government13.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry17.1%county
Economic output per resident$50,755county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.56%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 time25.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service29 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport1321790county
Miles to nearest general aviation field9.7 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here3county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station208 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.4%county
Traffic deaths45.2county
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 higher39.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher96.5%county
Public schools in the county15county
Public school enrollment1656county
Students per full-time teacher13.7county
Free lunch eligible43.3%county
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools5county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution22 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians109county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter5.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.1%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year10.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.5%county
Frequent mental distress14.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity22.6%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.7%county

Place

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

Population17,710county
Land area in square miles2,802county
People per square mile of land6.3county
Supermarkets and grocery stores5county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store45.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract33.0%county
Population change since 2020+5.9%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age46.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1816.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over24.6%county
Share of households that are one person35.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.5%county
Second languages3.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls31.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents186county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents3county
Households that moved in778county
Households that moved away681county
Average income of arriving households$108,531county
Average income of departing households$67,916county
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 temperature41.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation27.4 incounty
Annual snowfall75.5 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.93 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F0 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing197 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5acounty
Frost-free days105 dayscounty
Average last spring frostJun 2county
Average first fall frostSep 15county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$109county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh11.9¢county
Household electricity use956 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$9.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity27.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas44.1%county
Homes heated by propane18.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.4%county
Homes heated by wood8.2%county
Households with broadband90.2%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk55.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk23.6county
Landslide risk96.7county
Hail risk43.5county
Earthquake risk76.4county
Tornado risk8.3county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk17.7county
Winter weather risk82.3county
Strong wind risk9.5county
Wildfire risk93.5county

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 Park 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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