Stillwater County, Montana

Stillwater County has a population of 9,182 and has grown 5.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $405,800, about 4.8 times the county's median household income of $84,732.

Home price
$405,800
Income
$84,732
Population
9,182
Unemployment
3.1%

Housing

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

Median home price$405,800county
Median gross rent$961county
Median year homes here were built1986county
Share of homes built before 198042.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile10.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant18.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented17.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use13.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,654(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,257county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$958county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,748county
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$84,732county
Family health premium / yr$22,294(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,778(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.238(statewide)
Poverty rate8.3%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 home9.8%county
Unemployment rate3.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force61.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed8.1%county
Share of workers employed by government14.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.6%county
Economic output per resident$78,968county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.57%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 time30.5 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service36 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport475334county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.0 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station200 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.2%county
Traffic deaths163.4county
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 higher32.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher95.6%county
Public schools in the county17county
Public school enrollment1336county
Students per full-time teacher12.6county
Free lunch eligible31.5%county
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools5county
High schools5county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution31 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians33county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter5.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year9.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year6.4%county
Frequent mental distress13.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity20.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.7%county

Place

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

Population9,182county
Land area in square miles1,797county
People per square mile of land5.1county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store27.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+5.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age46.7 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over25.2%county
Share of households that are one person30.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.3%county
Second languages1.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls33.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents223county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in283county
Households that moved away313county
Average income of arriving households$76,901county
Average income of departing households$65,169county
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 temperature45.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation21.6 incounty
Annual snowfall146.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.07 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F5 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing158 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5acounty
Frost-free days125 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 21county
Average first fall frostSep 22county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$121county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh14.2¢county
Household electricity use801 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$9.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity13.7%county
Homes heated by utility gas47.1%county
Homes heated by propane26.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood9.6%county
Households with broadband86.8%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk36.2county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk25.4county
Landslide risk56.9county
Hail risk28.7county
Earthquake risk33.7county
Tornado risk6.6county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk14.2county
Winter weather risk51.5county
Strong wind risk5.8county
Wildfire risk87.1county

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 Stillwater 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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