City · Glacier County, Montana

Cut Bank, Montana

Cut Bank is a city in Glacier County, Montana. It has 3,028 residents. Cut Bank, Montana has a quality-of-life score of 23 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,995 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Montana it ranks #85 of 94 cities and towns. It ranks best on average commute time (low), time spent in the emergency room (low) and distance to an Amtrak station (low). It ranks worst on mammography screening (low), mental health care shortage (high) and reading scores (low).

23Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,995 of 15,651 cities and towns
Montana: #85 of 94 in MT
Population: 3,028 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,617.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 3018775

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 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.

Safety17#12,899/15,637
Economy14#13,475/15,631
Housing61#5,842/14,977
Health2#15,347/15,609
Healthcare16#13,206/15,650
Environment94#999/15,453
Education24#11,845/15,649
Infrastructure47#8,275/15,650
Community10#14,095/15,651
Leisure & amenities69#4,903/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cut Bank, Montana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Glacier 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

Average commute time · low10.5 min
100/100Montana 19.1 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Time spent in the emergency room · low77 min
99/100Montana 123 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGlacier County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low3 mi
99/100Montana 117 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauGlacier County value
High school diploma or higher · high91.4%
98/100Montana 94.6%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Median Air Quality Index · low23
97/100Montana 332025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyGlacier County value
Hot days · low1 days
96/100Montana 15 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGlacier County value

Weaknesses

Mammography screening · low21.0%
0/100Montana 47.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGlacier County value
Mental health care shortage · high21.0
0/100Montana 15.3United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationGlacier County value
Reading scores · low2.29
0/100Montana 3.08United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGlacier County value
Premature death · high20,719 /100k
1/100Montana 8,503 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGlacier County value
Life expectancy · low67.6 yrs
1/100Montana 77.3 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGlacier County value
Flu vaccinations · low18.0%
1/100Montana 39.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGlacier County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
27.8% (2015-2019) → 55.5% (2020-2024)
+28 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
39.4% (2015-2019) → 11.8% (2020-2024)
−28 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.3% (2015-2019) → 91.0% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
24.5% (2015-2019) → 35.8% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Poverty rateImproving
27.8% (2015-2019) → 18.9% (2020-2024)
−8.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$39,722 (2015-2019) → $49,432 (2020-2024)
+24%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Cut Bank, Montana improved on 0 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 10 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined2

Rent burden+28 points27.8% → 55.5%
Rent / income+11 points24.5% → 35.8%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Cut Bank, Montana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	12.2 min2015-2019	10.5 min2020-2024	−1.7 min	Within the margin of error	67%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%2015-2019	16.6%2020-2024	−3.8 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Broadband subscriptions	74.3%2015-2019	91.0%2020-2024	+17 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Effective property tax rate	1.12%2015-2019	0.84%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	73%
High school diploma or higher	89.5%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.6×	Within the margin of error	42%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4722015-2019	0.4072020-2024	−0.064	Within the margin of error	89%
Median household income	$39,7222015-2019	$49,4322020-2024	+24%	Within the margin of error	43%
Poverty rate	27.8%2015-2019	18.9%2020-2024	−8.9 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.5%2015-2019	35.8%2020-2024	+11 points	Declined	8%
Rent-burdened households	27.8%2015-2019	55.5%2020-2024	+28 points	Declined	4%

“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 Cut Bank, Montana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cut Bank, 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, Cut Bank, Montana itself moved −7.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

3,028 residents (±19)

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: 60–69 women (+4.5 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

3,028 residents (±19)

Cut Bank, Montana
Montana share

White66%2,006
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino3.0%†91
Asian0.3%†9
American Indian and Alaska Native22%†660
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races8.7%†262

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+4.9 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,866 residents (±211)

Cut Bank, Montana
Montana share

No high school diploma8.6%†160
High school or GED30%561
Some college34%639
Associate degree11%†197
Bachelor's degree7.2%†135
Graduate degree9.3%†174

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Some college (+11.9 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 B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

1,087 households (±144)

Cut Bank, Montana
Montana share

Under $25k21%†230
$25k–50k29%†316
$50k–75k15%†161
$75k–100k11%†115
$100k–150k20%†214
$150k–200k4.2%†46
$200k or more0.5%†5

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (+6.1 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

1,087 households (±144)

Cut Bank, Montana
Montana share

Own67%732
Rent33%†355

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+10.8 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

330 households (±128)

Cut Bank, Montana
Montana share

Under $75022%†73
$750–1,00030%†98
$1,000–1,50048%†159

Home values

732 homes (±126)

Cut Bank, Montana
Montana share

Under $150k41%†297
$150k–250k45%†326
$250k–400k4.8%†35

Age of homes

1,298 homes (±158)

Cut Bank, Montana
Montana share

2010 or later2.3%†30
2000–20092.3%†30
1980–19997.3%†95

Size of homes

1,298 homes (±158)

Cut Bank, Montana
Montana share

Studio5.7%†74
1 bedroom7.9%†103
2 bedrooms23%†305

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

1,081 workers (±173)

Cut Bank, Montana
Montana share

Drive alone70%756
Carpool17%†181
Public transit0.0%0
Walk8.1%†88
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.2%†56
Other0.0%0

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,025 workers (±165)

Cut Bank, Montana
Montana share

Under 15 min78%799
15–29 min8.4%†86
30–44 min10.0%†102

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

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 Glacier County, the county holding most of Cut Bank's residents.

Glacier County has 230 employer establishments, 170 for every 10,000 residents (0.68× the US rate of 248; 0.45× Montana's), with 1,846 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,367. The Census Bureau also counts 712 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 230; 712 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 170; US 248 · Montana 376
Paid employees: 1,846
Average annual pay: $55,367; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	23	17	0.92×About typical	190	$22,595	3
Traveler accommodation	12	8.9	4.91×More than typical	104	$116,558	12
Limited-service restaurants	11	8.1	1.01×About typical	132	$16,864	—
Specialty trade contractors	10	7.4	0.48×Fewer than typical	14	$62,214	78
Full-service restaurants	9	6.6	0.86×Too few to compare	54	$35,685	—
Ambulatory health care services	8	5.9	0.28×Too few to compare	75	$64,840	18
Lessors of real estate	7	5.2	0.42×Too few to compare	6	$17,833	33
Religious organizations	7	5.2	0.93×Too few to compare	18	$10,389	—
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	6	4.4	1.67×Too few to compare	17	$35,471	4
Gasoline stations	6	4.4	1.37×Too few to compare	135	$22,667	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	5	3.7	2.11×Too few to compare	22	$51,636	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	3.7	0.73×Too few to compare	32	$41,719	11

Rank places for an industry Open Glacier County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,550 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Glacier 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.

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

House

Ryan K. ZinkeR-MT-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 3.0%

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.

Glacier County26100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Glacier 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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