Metro area · Montana

Bozeman, MT metro area

Bozeman, MT is a metropolitan area of 1 county in Montana, home to 128,740 residents. Bozeman, MT metro area has a quality-of-life score of 97 out of 100 (very high), ranking #27 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Montana it ranks #1 of 7. It ranks best on high school diploma or higher (high), physical inactivity (low) and gyms and fitness centers (high). It ranks worst on distance to an Amtrak station (high), pharmacies (low) and home price to income ratio (high).

97Very high
Quality-of-life score
#27 of 925 metro and micro areas
Montana
#1 of 7 in MT
Population
128,740 (2025)
Land area
2,605 mi²
Density
49.4 /mi²
CBSA code
14580

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Bozeman, MT metro area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety51#455/924
  • Economy100#5/925
  • Housing27#675/925
  • Health98#22/925
  • Healthcare78#208/923
  • Environment90#90/917
  • Education100#4/925
  • Infrastructure99#9/925
  • Community95#45/925
  • Leisure & amenities98#18/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bozeman, MT metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

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.

Metro and micro areas like Bozeman, MT metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bozeman, MT metro area 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.

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).

Income

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

Homes

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

Getting to work

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

Jobs and pay

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

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.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Bozeman, MT

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Gallatin CountyCentral county96128,740

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. BozemanPrincipal city56,114

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Bozeman56,114
  2. Belgrade11,872
  3. Four Corners5,791
  4. Big Sky2,445
  5. Manhattan2,288
  6. King Arthur Park1,992
  7. Three Forks1,919
  8. West Yellowstone1,474
  9. Churchill1,167
  10. Ponderosa Pines950
  11. Gallatin Gateway933
  12. Springhill187
  13. Sedan182
  14. Willow Creek181
  15. Amsterdam130
  16. Gallatin River Ranch127
  17. Logan111
  18. Hebgen Lake Estates85
  19. Bridger73

Other metro and micro areas in Montana

Areas based in Montana, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

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