U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 five-year estimates

Montana counties: lowest renter cost burden | ACS 2024

Rank 56 Montana counties by available renter cost burden (30%+) estimates, lowest to highest; ACS 2024 five-year data.

Ranked observations

0 counties excluded for unavailable renter cost burden (30%+); ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.

Lowest renter cost burden in Montana
RankCountyGEOIDRenter cost burden (30%+)
1Petroleum County300690.0%
2Powder River County300754.7%
3Meagher County300594.8%
4Fallon County300256.1%
5Golden Valley County300378.5%
6Wibaux County301098.7%
7Judith Basin County3004510.0%
8Powell County3007714.8%
9Wheatland County3010715.7%
10Big Horn County3000316.9%
11Daniels County3001916.9%
12Prairie County3007917.0%
13Garfield County3003317.5%
14Carter County3001118.1%
15Treasure County3010318.4%
16Chouteau County3001519.8%
17McCone County3005519.8%
18Blaine County3000520.8%
19Jefferson County3004321.0%
20Stillwater County3009522.9%
21Carbon County3000925.2%
22Richland County3008325.2%
23Pondera County3007325.5%
24Roosevelt County3008527.0%
25Phillips County3007127.2%
26Madison County3005727.4%
27Deer Lodge County3002329.4%
28Sweet Grass County3009729.8%
29Liberty County3005130.6%
30Beaverhead County3000131.1%
31Rosebud County3008731.4%
32Dawson County3002132.0%
33Hill County3004132.2%
34Teton County3009932.3%
35Fergus County3002732.5%
36Toole County3010133.4%
37Granite County3003934.6%
38Custer County3001734.9%
39Valley County3010535.0%
40Lake County3004735.3%
41Lincoln County3005336.0%
42Glacier County3003536.5%
43Lewis and Clark County3004938.0%
44Ravalli County3008138.6%
45Silver Bow County3009340.5%
46Cascade County3001341.0%
47Sheridan County3009142.1%
48Park County3006743.4%
49Mineral County3006144.6%
50Yellowstone County3011144.7%
51Gallatin County3003145.2%
52Missoula County3006345.9%
53Flathead County3002946.0%
54Sanders County3008950.8%
55Musselshell County3006554.2%
56Broadwater County3000755.7%

Method and provenance

ACS 2024 five-year survey estimates (2020–2024), not current prices. Direct estimates may have 90% margins of error shown where available. The home-value-to-income ratio and renter cost-burden rate are derived; no MOE is calculated for either. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, not zero. County rankings are descriptive, not an affordability or suitability recommendation.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates. Validated Montana bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums. Montana county map and full table.