Hottest cities in Montana by momentum

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The Montana cities with the strongest composite momentum scores.

Montana cities ranked by our composite momentum score — recent price changes, distance from peak, and population growth.

Use this list as a within-state shortlist; for full data, open any city profile.

1Lewistown, MT · pop 6,20482Hot$291,540median home+7.2%home YoY

2Helena, MTHelena · pop 34,72975Rising$477,090median home+3.0%home YoY

3Great Falls, MTGreat Falls · pop 60,01374Rising$337,690median home+4.0%home YoY

4Havre, MT · pop 9,20472Rising$233,525median home+8.1%home YoY

5Polson, MT · pop 5,63172Rising$567,618median home-0.8%home YoY

6Missoula, MTMissoula · pop 78,20471Rising$570,065median home+0.6%home YoY

7Miles City, MT · pop 8,40771Rising$237,951median home+4.5%home YoY

8Columbia Falls, MTKalispell · pop 5,71371Rising$604,818median home-0.2%home YoY

9Hamilton, MT · pop 5,38370Rising$531,103median home-0.8%home YoY

10Billings, MTBillings · pop 121,48369Rising$398,212median home+1.9%home YoY

11Kalispell, MTKalispell · pop 31,29668Rising$556,983median home+0.0%home YoY

12Bigfork, MTKalispell · pop 5,11868Rising$792,804median home+0.3%home YoY

13Whitefish, MTKalispell · pop 9,25667Rising$872,060median home-0.7%home YoY

14Livingston, MT · pop 9,02167Rising$537,463median home-1.4%home YoY

15Laurel, MTBillings · pop 7,25165Rising$377,538median home+0.5%home YoY

16Bozeman, MTBozeman · pop 57,89463Rising$728,406median home-1.5%home YoY

17Belgrade, MTBozeman · pop 12,74162Rising$547,610median home-2.1%home YoY

18Sidney, MT · pop 6,03142Cooling$272,498median home+4.9%home YoY

Sources: Zillow ZHVI, Zillow ZORI, US Census place population.