Rosebud County, Montana

Rosebud County has a population of 8,165 and has shrunk 1.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $182,400, about 3.6 times the county's median household income of $49,914.

Home price
$182,400
Income
$49,914
Population
8,165
Unemployment
10.6%

Housing

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

Median home price$182,400county
Median gross rent$672county
Median year homes here were built1978county
Share of homes built before 198054.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile17.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant18.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented36.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.9%county
Typical monthly rent$1,654(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,186county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$993county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,649county
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$49,914county
Family health premium / yr$22,294(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,778(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.238(statewide)
Poverty rate24.5%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 home7.0%county
Unemployment rate10.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force58.3%county
Share of workers who are self-employed8.2%county
Share of workers employed by government25.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry29.2%county
Economic output per resident$131,981county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.70%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 time15.5 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service80 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport29471county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.8 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 station158 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.9%county
Traffic deaths49.0county
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 higher20.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.7%county
Public schools in the county15county
Public school enrollment1463county
Students per full-time teacher11.9county
Free lunch eligible66.5%county
Elementary schools6county
Middle schools5county
High schools4county
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 institution92 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians49county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter5.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance16.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year21.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year16.3%county
Frequent mental distress19.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity29.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.5%county

Place

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

Population8,165county
Land area in square miles5,008county
People per square mile of land1.6county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store16.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract41.5%county
Population change since 2020-1.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents6county
Median age38.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1828.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.6%county
Share of households that are one person29.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.3%county
Second languages10.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls67.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents324county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-5county
Households that moved in191county
Households that moved away183county
Average income of arriving households$48,654county
Average income of departing households$59,333county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year2county
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 temperature46.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation17.7 incounty
Annual snowfall32.5 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.08 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F24 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing170 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5acounty
Frost-free days137 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 14county
Average first fall frostSep 28county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$100county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh13.6¢county
Household electricity use736 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$9.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity35.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas19.6%county
Homes heated by propane32.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood10.8%county
Households with broadband77.4%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk56.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk33.6county
Landslide risk67.1county
Hail risk44.0county
Earthquake risk29.7county
Tornado risk10.1county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk31.8county
Winter weather risk84.8county
Strong wind risk17.6county
Wildfire risk95.0county

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 Rosebud 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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