Silver Bow County, Montana

Silver Bow County has a population of 35,785 and has grown 2.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $255,200, about 4.1 times the county's median household income of $61,754.

Home price
$255,200
Income
$61,754
Population
35,785
Unemployment
4.1%

Housing

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

Median home price$255,200county
Median gross rent$863county
Median year homes here were built1956county
Share of homes built before 198074.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile6.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant11.9%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented29.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,334county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,414county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,149county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,967county
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$61,754county
Family health premium / yr$22,294(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,778(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.238(statewide)
Poverty rate14.8%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 home7.6%county
Unemployment rate4.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force60.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.6%county
Share of workers employed by government16.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.6%county
Economic output per resident$61,929county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.98%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 time16.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service2.6 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport15773county
Miles to nearest general aviation field20 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station166 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.5%county
Traffic deaths8.4county
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 higher28.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.0%county
Public schools in the county11county
Public school enrollment4364county
Students per full-time teacher16.2county
Free lunch eligible90.7%county
Elementary schools8county
Middle schools2county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians79county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter6.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year9.3%county
Frequent mental distress17.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.5%county

Place

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

Population35,785county
Land area in square miles718county
People per square mile of land49.8county
Supermarkets and grocery stores7county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store10.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract11.4%county
Population change since 2020+2.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-4county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age40.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over19.5%county
Share of households that are one person40.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.2%county
Second languages2.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls43.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents117county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents4county
Households that moved in954county
Households that moved away842county
Average income of arriving households$55,019county
Average income of departing households$49,764county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes7county
Housing units authorised in the latest year130county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings37.7%county
Violent crime rate424(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature41.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation17.9 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.01 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F0 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing194 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5acounty
Frost-free days83 dayscounty
Average last spring frostJun 18county
Average first fall frostSep 9county

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 electricity23.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas64.3%county
Homes heated by propane6.0%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.4%county
Homes heated by wood4.3%county
Households with broadband86.5%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk21.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk14.5county
Landslide risk90.4county
Hail risk27.2county
Earthquake risk87.4county
Tornado risk9.8county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk13.9county
Winter weather risk92.4county
Strong wind risk10.0county
Wildfire risk80.7county

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 Silver Bow 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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