Census-designated place · Jefferson County, Montana

Clancy, Montana

Clancy is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Montana, part of the Helena, MT metro area. It has 1,874 residents. Clancy, Montana has a quality-of-life score of 87 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,005 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Montana it ranks #23 of 94 cities and towns. It ranks best on preventable hospital stays (low), drug overdose deaths (low) and uninsured residents (under 65) (low). It ranks worst on traffic deaths (high), public EV charging ports (low) and distance to an Amtrak station (high).

87Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,005 of 15,651 cities and towns
Montana: #23 of 94 in MT
Population: 1,874 (2020-2024)
Land area: 39 mi²
Density: 47.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 3015100

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety36#10,076/15,637
Economy89#1,778/15,631
Housing87#1,893/14,977
Health65#5,498/15,609
Healthcare45#8,641/15,650
Environment63#5,771/15,453
Education96#665/15,649
Infrastructure89#1,729/15,650
Community81#2,957/15,651
Leisure & amenities80#3,076/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Clancy, Montana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Jefferson County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Preventable hospital stays · low1,160 /100k
99/100Montana 1,824 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJefferson County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Montana 14.5 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataJefferson County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low0.3%
99/100Montana 11.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
High school diploma or higher · high99.0%
99/100Montana 94.6%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Voter turnout · high82.7%
98/100Montana 70.3%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionJefferson County value
Loneliness · low28.7%
97/100Montana 31.7%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high59.6 /100k
1/100Montana 19.4 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataJefferson County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Montana 4.2 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyJefferson County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high154 mi
4/100Montana 117 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauJefferson County value
Suicide rate · high27.1 /100k
6/100Montana 30.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100k2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateJefferson County value
Distance to an emergency room · high15.1 mi
7/100Montana 12.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesJefferson County value
Comfortable days · low23.3%
10/100Montana 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationJefferson County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
2,052 (2015-2019) → 1,874 (2020-2024)
−8.7%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
25.0% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−25 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
33.6% (2015-2019) → 48.1% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$77,241 (2015-2019) → $125,000 (2020-2024)
+62%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
90.6% (2015-2019) → 99.1% (2020-2024)
+8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
6.9% (2015-2019) → 0.3% (2020-2024)
−6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Clancy, Montana improved on 3 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 5 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Bachelor's++14 points33.6% → 48.1%
Household income+62%$77,241 → $125,000
Broadband+8.5 points90.6% → 99.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Clancy, Montana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.9 min2015-2019	21.5 min2020-2024	+1.6 min	Within the margin of error	31%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%2015-2019	48.1%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	97%
Broadband subscriptions	90.6%2015-2019	99.1%2020-2024	+8.5 points	Improved	52%
Effective property tax rate	0.70%2015-2019	0.59%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	39%
High school diploma or higher	94.5%2015-2019	99.0%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Home price to income ratio	4.0×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	89%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4152015-2019	0.4002020-2024	−0.015	Within the margin of error	64%
Median household income	$77,2412015-2019	$125,0002020-2024	+62%	Improved	91%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Clancy, Montana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Clancy, Montana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Clancy, Montana itself moved +10.6 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,874 residents (±384)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 women (+7.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,874 residents (±384)

Clancy, Montana
Montana share

White89%1,664
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino1.0%†18

Education

1,221 residents (±246)

Clancy, Montana
Montana share

No high school diploma1.0%†12
High school or GED29%†357
Some college9.2%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

652 households (±153)

Clancy, Montana
Montana share

Under $25k5.2%†34
$25k–50k21%†140
$50k–75k9.8%†64
$75k–100k5.8%†38
$100k–150k22%†144
$150k–200k14%†90
$200k or more22%†142

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+15.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

652 households (±153)

Clancy, Montana
Montana share

Own87%564
Rent13%†88

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

54 households (±36)

Clancy, Montana
Montana share

Under $75011%†6
$750–1,00050%†27
$1,000–1,50011%†6

Home values

564 homes (±137)

Clancy, Montana
Montana share

Under $150k2.1%†12
$150k–250k1.8%†10
$250k–400k22%†122

Age of homes

681 homes (±160)

Clancy, Montana
Montana share

2010 or later15%†101
2000–200912%†82
1980–199945%†308

Size of homes

681 homes (±160)

Clancy, Montana
Montana share

Studio0.9%†6
1 bedroom4.3%†29
2 bedrooms12%†82

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

902 workers (±269)

Clancy, Montana
Montana share

Drive alone89%†804
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home11%†98
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (−13.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

804 workers (±263)

Clancy, Montana
Montana share

Under 15 min11%†90
15–29 min69%†552
30–44 min14%†115

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Helena, MT

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Jefferson County, the county holding most of Clancy's residents.

Jefferson County has 342 employer establishments, 262 for every 10,000 residents (1.06× the US rate of 248; 0.70× Montana's), with 1,959 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,140. The Census Bureau also counts 1,368 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 342; 1,368 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 262; US 248 · Montana 376
Paid employees: 1,959
Average annual pay: $46,140; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Jefferson County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	66	50.6	3.27×More than typical	220	$46,500	153
Construction of buildings	27	20.7	2.74×More than typical	81	$50,889	94
Ambulatory health care services	23	17.6	0.85×About typical	59	$50,508	66
Building equipment contractors	19	14.6	2.42×More than typical	95	$53,737	15
Other specialty trade contractors	19	14.6	5.80×More than typical	60	$38,917	71
Restaurants and other eating places	18	13.8	0.75×Fewer than typical	169	$17,627	4
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	17	13	4.13×More than typical	50	$43,100	23
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	12	9.2	2.78×More than typical	82	$56,280	9
Building finishing contractors	11	8.4	2.22×More than typical	15	$42,333	44
Management, scientific and technical consulting	11	8.4	1.26×More than typical	18	$43,500	44
Offices of other health practitioners	11	8.4	1.39×More than typical	20	$55,900	36
Religious organizations	11	8.4	1.52×More than typical	23	$14,565	—

Rank places for an industry Open Jefferson County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,049 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $574.2K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Clancy, Montana: $306 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $574.2K; +127% vs FY2025
Per resident: $306; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.1%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Forest Service$571.8K99.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1,5150.3%
U.S. Geological Survey$8910.2%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

-31.6KFY2017
43.1KFY2018
66.9KFY2019
119.1KFY2020
66.9KFY2021
117KFY2022
33.7KFY2023
62.3KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$569.4K99%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$2,4040.4%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$8910.2%
Traveler accommodation · 7211$7910.1%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$7240.1%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Clancy, Montana, so they do not add up across cities.

Clancy, Montana's figures are part of those of Jefferson County, MT ($3.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 15% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Clancy is mostly in Jefferson County.

See federal money in Jefferson County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Clancy, Montana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Troy DowningR-MT-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Jefferson County77100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Helena, MT93

Other cities and towns in Jefferson County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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