Scores by category

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

Safety21#727/924
Economy91#84/925
Housing19#749/925
Health85#138/925
Healthcare94#59/923
Environment63#343/917
Education98#19/925
Infrastructure99#6/925
Community97#26/925
Leisure & amenities93#66/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Distance to an airport · low9 mi
99/100Montana 53 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
New business applications · high31.9 /1k
99/100Montana 26.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
High school diploma or higher · high96.4%
99/100Montana 94.6%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.3 /10k
98/100Montana 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Physical inactivity · low16.7%
98/100Montana 21.9%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high13.3 /10k
97/100Montana 13.7 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Cost of buying a home today · high54.7%
4/100Montana 43.8%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Home price to income ratio · high6.2×
6/100Montana 5.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Suicide rate · high29.3 /100k
7/100Montana 30.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · low22.8%
7/100Montana 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Property crime rate · high1,996 /100k
12/100Montana 1,449 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Firearm deaths · high23.7 /100k
12/100Montana 23.6 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
47% (2021) → 22% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−25 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
16.5 /1k (2020) → 31.9 /1k (2025)
+94%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Hot daysWorsening
3 days (2011-2020) → 5 days (2016-2025)
+78%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
42.9% (Dec 2021) → 54.6% (Aug 2026)
+12 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
14.4 /1k (2021) → 6.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−56%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Mental health providersImproving
501 /100k (2021) → 698 /100k (2025)
+39%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k

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, Missoula, MT metro area improved on 13 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 9. 6 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Poverty−4 points14.3% → 10.3%
New businesses+94%16.5 /1k → 31.9 /1k
Household income+39%$54,062 → $74,989
Real income+38%$55,034 → $75,978
Child poverty−5.5 points13.7% → 8.2%

Declined9

Libraries−11%0.9 /10k → 0.8 /10k
Transit use−0.9 points2.0% → 1.1%
Price / income+1.0×5.3× → 6.2×
Suicides+32%22.2 /100k → 29.3 /100k
Violent crime+6.5%435 /100k → 463 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Missoula, MT metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	12.3 /10k2020	13.3 /10k2025	+8.1%	Improved	49%
Average commute time	18.8 min2015-2019	18.4 min2020-2024	−0.3 min	Within the margin of error	74%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%2015-2019	46.5%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Improved	66%
Broadband subscriptions	85.8%2015-2019	92.6%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Improved	21%
Child poverty rate	13.7%2015-2019	8.2%2020-2024	−5.5 points	Improved	80%
Distance to an airport	8 mi2020	9 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	9%
Drug overdose deaths	13.9 /100k2020	9.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−33%	Improved	60%
Effective property tax rate	0.97%2015-2019	0.77%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	72%
Firearm deaths	19.5 /100k2020	23.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+21%	Declined	24%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+5%	Improved	68%
Gyms and fitness centers	2.4 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	−1.2%	Little change	38%
High school diploma or higher	95.6%2015-2019	96.5%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Home price to income ratio	5.3×2015-2019	6.2×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	13%
Homicide rate	4.7 /100k2020	3.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−37%	Improved	64%
Income adjusted for local prices	$55,0342019	$75,9782024	+38%	Improved	85%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4732015-2019	0.4722020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	57%
Median household income	$54,0622015-2019	$74,9892020-2024	+39%	Improved	93%
New business applications	16.5 /1k2020	31.9 /1k2025	+94%	Improved	93%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−9.5%	Declined	48%
Poverty rate	14.3%2015-2019	10.3%2020-2024	−4 points	Improved	94%
Property crime rate	2,551 /100k2020	1,996 /100k2025	−22%	Improved	27%
Public libraries	0.9 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	−11%	Declined	10%
Public transit commuters	2.0%2015-2019	1.1%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Declined	16%
Rent as share of income	29.7%2015-2019	29.2%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Rent-burdened households	49.2%2015-2019	48.0%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Restaurants and bars	11.2 /10k2020	10.3 /10k2025	−8.7%	Declined	15%
Suicide rate	22.2 /100k2020	29.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+32%	Declined	15%
Traffic deaths	14.2 /100k2015-2019	16.6 /100k2020-2024	+17%	Declined	32%
Unemployment rate	6.0%2020	3.2%2025	−2.8 points	Improved	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.9%2015-2019	7.4%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Violent crime rate	435 /100k2020	463 /100k2025	+6.5%	Declined	20%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

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

The places whose measures looked most like those of Missoula, 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.

For comparison, Missoula, MT metro area itself moved +2.8 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

125,631 residents

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: 70–79 women (+1.0 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

125,631 residents

Missoula, MT metro area
United States share

White86%107,543
Black0.4%522
Hispanic or Latino5.0%6,281
Asian1.5%1,890
American Indian and Alaska Native1.9%2,326
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.1%†80
Other or two or more races5.6%6,989

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−3.6 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

86,958 residents (±209)

Missoula, MT metro area
United States share

No high school diploma3.5%3,084
High school or GED20%17,481
Some college22%18,741
Associate degree8.3%7,217
Bachelor's degree28%24,693
Graduate degree18%15,742

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+1.8 points).

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

54,829 households (±628)

Missoula, MT metro area
United States share

Under $25k15%8,040
$25k–50k19%10,350
$50k–75k16%9,028
$75k–100k14%7,602
$100k–150k18%9,739
$150k–200k8.5%4,656
$200k or more9.9%5,414

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−8.1 points).

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

54,829 households (±628)

Missoula, MT metro area
United States share

Own60%32,722
Rent40%22,107

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

21,372 households (±862)

Missoula, MT metro area
United States share

Under $75013%2,838
$750–1,00021%4,387
$1,000–1,50037%7,972

Home values

32,722 homes (±965)

Missoula, MT metro area
United States share

Under $150k8.8%2,894
$150k–250k7.3%2,378
$250k–400k21%6,936
$400k–750k

Age of homes

59,502 homes (±65)

Missoula, MT metro area
United States share

2010 or later16%9,266
2000–200916%9,719
1980–199923%13,716

Size of homes

59,502 homes (±65)

Missoula, MT metro area
United States share

Studio4.0%2,361
1 bedroom15%8,978
2 bedrooms27%15,919
3 bedrooms

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

68,502 workers (±1,159)

Missoula, MT metro area
United States share

Drive alone69%47,370
Carpool8.4%5,747
Public transit1.1%†754
Walk3.2%2,198
Bike2.8%1,885
Work from home14%9,904
Other0.9%†644

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+9.3 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

58,598 workers (±1,195)

Missoula, MT metro area
United States share

Under 15 min43%25,421
15–29 min41%23,861
30–44 min9.5%5,567

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 10 largest occupations in Missoula, MT employ 15,740 people. 6 pay a median above the US median and 4 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Missoula, MT by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Fast Food and Counter Workers2,160 jobs	2,160	$30,510US $31,200	−2%	1.3×
Retail Salespersons1,990 jobs	1,990	$35,430US $35,410	0%	1.18×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides1,950 jobs	1,950	$38,050US $35,800	+6%	1.05×
General and Operations Managers1,690 jobs	1,690	$81,120US $105,770	−23%	1.12×
Cashiers1,630 jobs	1,630	$35,610US $32,880	+8%	1.23×
Registered Nurses1,570 jobs	1,570	$82,160US $97,550	−16%	1.07×
Stockers and Order Fillers1,320 jobs	1,320	$36,960US $37,330	−1%	1.08×
Office Clerks, General1,240 jobs	1,240	$45,600US $45,010	+1%	1.17×
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners1,170 jobs	1,170	$37,730US $36,840	+2%	1.22×
Cooks, Restaurant1,020 jobs	1,020	$38,080US $37,390	+2%	1.68×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Missoula, MT.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

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.

Missoula, MT has 4,960 employer establishments, 392 for every 10,000 residents (1.58× the US rate of 248), with 54,945 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,460. The Census Bureau also counts 13,295 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,960; 13,295 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 392; US 248
Paid employees: 54,945
Average annual pay: $50,460; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	424	33.5	1.61×More than typical	4,185	$69,157	744
Specialty trade contractors	383	30.2	1.95×More than typical	2,465	$68,313	864
Lessors of real estate	251	19.8	1.61×More than typical	760	$48,464	1,941
Restaurants and other eating places	250	19.7	1.07×About typical	5,605	$23,194	36
Construction of buildings	210	16.6	2.19×More than typical	1,120	$65,170	485
Offices of other health practitioners	208	16.4	2.70×More than typical	664	$41,809	532
Legal services	163	12.9	2.39×More than typical	761	$80,497	169
Services to buildings and dwellings	160	12.6	1.87×More than typical	888	$28,811	526
Management, scientific and technical consulting	139	11	1.64×More than typical	498	$58,197	619
Building equipment contractors	137	10.8	1.80×More than typical	1,214	$68,960	77
Real estate agents and brokers	123	9.7	2.00×More than typical	246	$49,114	331
Automotive repair and maintenance	109	8.6	1.71×More than typical	565	$46,391	98

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 126,641 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $96.5M on contracts performed in Missoula, MT metro area: $750 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $96.5M; +40% vs FY2025
Per resident: $750; US $1,994
Sole-source: 13%; US 30%
Single offer: 53%; 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$65.4M68%
Federal Highway Administration$6.4M6.6%
National Institutes of Health$4M4.2%
Department of the Army$4M4.2%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$2.6M2.6%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$2.1M2.2%
Indian Health Service$1.9M1.9%
Bureau of Land Management$1.9M1.9%

Top recipients

NEPTUNE AVIATION SERVICES, INC.$38.4M40%
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA$10.6M11%
DJ&A, P.C.$8M8.3%
HELI-1 CORP$4.1M4.2%
BIGHORN AIRWAYS INC$3M3.1%

Spending by fiscal year

127.6MFY2017
135.8MFY2018
91.3MFY2019
73.2MFY2020
71.2MFY2021
82.8MFY2022
100MFY2023
69.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$46.4M48%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$8.2M8.5%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$6.4M6.7%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$3.7M3.8%
Administration of environmental quality programs · 9241$3.6M3.8%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$2.8M

Largest awards

TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE AND SAFE MULTIVALENT ANTI-OPIOID VACCINES THAT PROTECT AGAINST HEROIN AND FENTANYL.$25.9M
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA· Missoula County, MT· Research & development· Aug 27, 2020 – Jul 27, 2026· 75N93020C00039
TO IDENTIFY NOVEL ADJUVANT CANDIDATES THAT CAN BE USED TO AUGMENT THE EFFICACY OF HUMAN VACCINES.$18.5M
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA· Missoula County, MT· Research & development· Sep 6, 2019 – Jul 27, 2026· 75N93019C00045
TYPE II EXCLUSIVE USE FOR MISSOULA, MT #2$12.6M
HELI-1 CORP· Missoula County, MT· Facilities & utilities· Apr 4, 2024 – Sep 3, 2026· 1202SA24K9208
ADVANCED WARFIGHTER PHYSIOLOGY: APPLICATION OF BIOMETRICS AND BODY WORN SENSORS TO REDUCE INJURY RISK AND OPTIMIZE PERFOR

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.

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.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $900M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Missoula, MT metro area: $6,993 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $900M; −2.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,993; US $12,955
Loan face value: $24M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$506.5M56%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$80.1M8.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$45.6M5.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$35.8M4.0%
20.937 · National Infrastructure Project Assistance (Mega Projects)$32M3.6%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$20.6M2.3%
20.934 · Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects$17.2M1.9%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$14.2M1.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$79.7M8.9%
HELENA, MT
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA$43.9M4.9%
MISSOULA, MT
MISSOULA HOUSING AUTHORITY$13.3M1.5%
MISSOULA, MT
CITY OF MISSOULA$9.7M1.1%
MISSOULA, MT
MISSOULA COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY$8.9M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$601.5M67%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$92.1M10%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$90.9M10%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$22.3M2.5%
National Institutes of Health$15.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

803.3MFY2021
753MFY2022
876.8MFY2023
881.7MFY2024
926MFY2025
900MFY2026

County aggregates

79%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Missoula, 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.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

MissoulaPrincipal city76,514

Largest cities and towns

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

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.

Kalispell, MT78

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved13

Declined9

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

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Missoula, MT

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Montana

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved13

Declined9

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought