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.
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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 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 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.