Roosevelt County, Montana

Roosevelt County has a population of 10,526 and has shrunk 5.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $118,800, about 2.1 times the county's median household income of $57,063.

Home price
$118,800
Income
$57,063
Population
10,526
Unemployment
10.8%

Housing

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

Median home price$118,800county
Median gross rent$705county
Median year homes here were built1974county
Share of homes built before 198057.8%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile10.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant24.0%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented33.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use10.8%county
Typical monthly rent$1,654(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,201county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$915county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,440county
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$57,063county
Family health premium / yr$22,294(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,778(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.238(statewide)
Poverty rate30.4%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 home3.9%county
Unemployment rate10.8%county
Share of adults in the labor force58.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.0%county
Share of workers employed by government39.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.7%county
Economic output per resident$52,182county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.28%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 time19.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service17 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport3183county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.3 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station20 micounty
Households without a vehicle10.4%county
Traffic deaths19.0county
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 higher21.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher91.5%county
Public schools in the county22county
Public school enrollment2353county
Students per full-time teacher10.1county
Free lunch eligible85.5%county
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools9county
High schools6county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution127 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians65county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter5.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance25.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year27.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year21.9%county
Frequent mental distress23.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity30.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.4%county

Place

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

Population10,526county
Land area in square miles2,355county
People per square mile of land4.5county
Supermarkets and grocery stores5county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store38.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract82.0%county
Population change since 2020-5.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age30.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1832.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over12.2%county
Share of households that are one person37.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.8%county
Second languages1.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls41.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents371county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Households that moved in133county
Households that moved away158county
Average income of arriving households$49,865county
Average income of departing households$53,158county
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 temperature43.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation12.7 incounty
Annual snowfall20.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.81 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F16 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing179 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 4acounty
Frost-free days128 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 16county
Average first fall frostSep 21county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$101county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh10.9¢county
Household electricity use971 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$9.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity17.5%county
Homes heated by utility gas50.9%county
Homes heated by propane25.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood2.2%county
Households with broadband74.1%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk26.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk41.2county
Landslide risk23.4county
Hail risk57.6county
Earthquake risk15.8county
Tornado risk32.1county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk48.1county
Winter weather risk90.8county
Strong wind risk83.0county
Wildfire risk72.8county

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 Roosevelt 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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