County · Montana

Hill County, Montana

Hill County, Montana has a quality-of-life score of 48 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,637 of 3,143 US counties. Within Montana it ranks #43 of 56 counties. It ranks best on average commute time (low), median Air Quality Index (low) and arts, entertainment and recreation (high). It ranks worst on mental health care shortage (high), suicide rate (high) and child care cost burden (high).

48Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,637 of 3,143 counties
Montana: #43 of 56 in MT
Population: 16,167 (2025)
Land area: 2,899 mi²
Density: 5.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 30041

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 79 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety18#2,528/3,096
Economy43#1,783/3,143
Housing49#1,609/3,140
Health21#2,483/3,144
Healthcare53#1,488/3,143
Environment89#333/3,108
Education49#1,598/3,144
Infrastructure34#2,072/3,144
Community48#1,651/3,144
Leisure & amenities96#120/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hill County, Montana ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Average commute time · low13.1 min
99/100Montana 19.1 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Median Air Quality Index · low14
98/100Montana 332025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high12.4 /10k
95/100Montana 13.7 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
93/100Montana 117 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Restaurants and bars · high17.3 /10k
93/100Montana 13.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dentists · high92 /100k
93/100Montana 75 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Mental health care shortage · high21.0
1/100Montana 15.3United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Suicide rate · high36.1 /100k
1/100Montana 30.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Child care cost burden · high45.1%
2/100Montana 40.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an airport · high193 mi
4/100Montana 53 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Firearm deaths · high33.9 /100k
5/100Montana 23.6 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Property crime rate · high2,208 /100k
6/100Montana 1,449 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
0.2 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drought exposureImproving
85% (2021) → 65% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−19 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Homicide rateWorsening
5.0 /100k (2021) → 8.6 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+72%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Some collegeWorsening
65.9% (2016-2020) → 51.7% (2019-2023)
−14 pts3 yearsUS 66.9% → 67.8%
Traffic deathsImproving
21.9 /100k (2015-2019) → 7.4 /100k (2020-2024)
−66%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
32.9% (2020 & 2021) → 45.1% (2023 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%

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, Hill County, Montana improved on 7 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 21 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved7

Traffic deaths−66%21.9 /100k → 7.4 /100k
New businesses+41%7.0 /1k → 9.8 /1k
Unemployment−2.1 points5.3% → 3.2%
Weekly wage+22%$822 → $999
Household income+22%$51,881 → $63,163

Declined2

Price / income+0.9×2.9× → 3.8×
Inequality+0.0350.426 → 0.461

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Hill County, Montana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	12.9 /10k2020	12.4 /10k2025	−4.3%	Within the margin of error	27%
Average commute time	12.3 min2015-2019	13.1 min2020-2024	+0.8 min	Within the margin of error	39%
Average weekly wage	$8222020	$9992025	+22%	Improved	33%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%2015-2019	24.4%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Broadband subscriptions	78.6%2015-2019	82.7%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Improved	6%
Child poverty rate	18.8%2019	16.7%2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Distance to an airport	193 mi2020	193 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	10.0 /100k2020	19.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+94%	Within the margin of error	2%
Effective property tax rate	0.97%2015-2019	0.90%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Firearm deaths	19.0 /100k2020	33.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+78%	Within the margin of error	3%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+51%	Within the margin of error	95%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+51%	Within the margin of error	87%
High school diploma or higher	90.7%2015-2019	90.9%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	12%
Homicide rate	5.2 /100k2020	8.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+65%	Within the margin of error	3%
Income adjusted for local prices	$49,0712019	$62,3752024	+27%	Improved	22%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4262015-2019	0.4612020-2024	+0.035	Declined	12%
Median household income	$51,8812019	$63,1632024	+22%	Improved	33%
New business applications	7.0 /1k2020	9.8 /1k2025	+41%	Improved	45%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+0.5%	Within the margin of error	71%
Poverty rate	15.7%2019	14.8%2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Property crime rate	2,464 /100k2020	2,208 /100k2025	−10%	Within the margin of error	17%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	+2.4%	Within the margin of error	71%
Rent as share of income	27.8%2015-2019	25.4%2020-2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Rent-burdened households	43.1%2015-2019	39.1%2020-2024	−4 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Restaurants and bars	14.8 /10k2020	17.3 /10k2025	+17%	Within the margin of error	82%
Students per teacher	14.5×2019	14.1×2024	−0.5×	Little change	41%
Suicide rate	27.7 /100k2020	36.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+30%	Within the margin of error	13%
Traffic deaths	21.9 /100k2015-2019	7.4 /100k2020-2024	−66%	Improved	98%
Unemployment rate	5.3%2020	3.2%2025	−2.1 points	Improved	37%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.7%2019	12.0%2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Violent crime rate	604 /100k2020	546 /100k2025	−9.6%	Within the margin of error	43%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Hill County, Montana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hill County, 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, Hill County, Montana itself moved −3.4 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

16,155 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

6,206 households (±205)

Hill County, Montana
Montana share

Under $25k20%1,223
$25k–50k26%1,605
$50k–75k17%1,072

Homes

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

Owners and renters

6,206 households (±205)

Hill County, Montana
Montana share

Own66%4,101
Rent34%2,105

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+4.2 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

7,061 workers (±297)

Hill County, Montana
Montana share

Drive alone72%5,060
Carpool14%996
Public transit0.2%†16

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.

Hill County has 493 employer establishments, 304 for every 10,000 residents (1.23× the US rate of 248; 0.81× Montana's), with 5,092 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,160. The Census Bureau also counts 932 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 493; 932 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 304; US 248 · Montana 376
Paid employees: 5,092
Average annual pay: $47,160; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	45	27.8	1.80×More than typical	148	$71,304	74
Restaurants and other eating places	30	18.5	1.01×About typical	515	$17,221	5
Ambulatory health care services	26	16.1	0.77×Fewer than typical	421	$57,684	32
Construction of buildings	21	13	1.72×More than typical	78	$70,308	23
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	19	11.7	4.41×More than typical	71	$24,070	5
Building equipment contractors	17	10.5	1.74×More than typical	71	$56,225	23
Insurance agencies and brokerages	15	9.3	2.11×More than typical	48	$55,938	13
Lessors of real estate	15	9.3	0.75×Fewer than typical	55	$22,382	126
Full-service restaurants	14	8.6	1.13×About typical	233	$18,064	—
Other amusement and recreation industries	14	8.6	3.57×More than typical	39	$18,359	4
Automotive repair and maintenance	13	8	1.59×More than typical	63	$35,508	28
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	13	8	6.62×More than typical	106	$15,660	—

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 16,194 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $6.5M on contracts performed in Hill County, Montana: $400 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $6.5M; +415% vs FY2025
Per resident: $400; US $1,995
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.4%; 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

U.S. Customs and Border Protection$8M100%
Public Buildings Service$102.4K1.6%
Federal Acquisition Service$48.9K0.8%
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission$33K0.5%
Bureau of Land Management$29.6K0.5%
Social Security Administration$5,6590.1%
U.S. Geological Survey$4,8610.1%

Top recipients

TEYA DIVERSIFIED SERVICES LLC$7.9M100%
JACKOLA ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE PC$89.9K1.4%
CUSTOM COLLISION REPAIR, LLC$60.4K0.9%
MACGYVER SOLUTIONS, INC.$52.1K0.8%
CONVERGEONE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC$33.3K0.5%

Spending by fiscal year

1.2MFY2017
627.6KFY2018
985.4KFY2019
1.8MFY2020
2.8MFY2021
3.5MFY2022
51.7MFY2023
923.4KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$7.9M100%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$89.9K1.4%
Automotive repair and maintenance · 8111$60.4K0.9%
Motor vehicle manufacturing · 3361$52.1K0.8%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$33.3K0.5%
Social advocacy organizations · 8133

Largest awards

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PERFORM MODIFICATIONS TO FRESNO DAM LOCATED IN HILL COUNTY, MONTANA$45M
NW CONSTRUCTION, INC· Hill County, MT· Construction & real property· Mar 7, 2023 – Apr 29, 2026· 140R6023C0002
PROVISION OF 118 CONSTRUCTION-RELATED REPAIR TASKS IMPACTING 9 LAND PORTS OF ENTRY ON THE UNITED STATES' NORTHERN BORDER.$7.9M
TEYA DIVERSIFIED SERVICES LLC· Hill County, MT· Construction & real property· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 70B01C26C00000105
CONVERT TECH BUILDING INTO OFFICE SPACE + REPLACE THE KEY SYSTEM, HAVRE, MT$563.7K
INTEGRIWARD, LLC· Hill County, MT· Construction & real property· Sep 30, 2025 – May 28, 2026· 70B01C25C00000071

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

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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 $187M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Hill County, Montana: $11,567 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $187M; −29% vs FY2025
Per resident: $11,567; US $12,957
Loan face value: $3.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 7.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$50.2M27%
15.525 · Rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water System$20.8M11%
15.022 · Tribal Self-Governance$18.6M9.9%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$14.7M7.9%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$10.4M5.5%
84.041 · Impact Aid$9.8M5.2%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$8.7M4.6%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$5.6M3.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

THE CHIPPEWA CREE TRIBE OF THE ROCKY BOY RESERVATION$40.6M22%
BOX ELDER, MT
ROCKY BOY SCHOOLS$5.7M3.1%
BOX ELDER, MT
STONE CHILD COLLEGE CORP$4.5M2.4%
BOX ELDER, MT
BOX ELDER SCHOOL DISTRICT #13-G$3.7M2.0%
BOX ELDER, MT
CHIPPEWA CREE HOUSING AUTHORITY

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$64.3M34%
Bureau of Reclamation$20.8M11%
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$18.6M10.0%
Department of the Interior
Department of Education$17.9M9.6%
Railroad Retirement Board$14.7M7.9%

Assistance by fiscal year

223.5MFY2021
225MFY2022
224MFY2023
205.5MFY2024
261.8MFY2025
187MFY2026

County aggregates

48%

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Hill County, Montana compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Hill County, Montana
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hill County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hill County, Montana	United States
FY2017	$74.63	$1,436
FY2018	$38.38	$1,552
FY2019	$59.74	$1,654
FY2020	$110	$1,880
FY2021	$172	$1,810
FY2022	$217	$1,917
FY2023	$3,195	$2,079
FY2024	$57.30	$2,047
FY2025	$77.60	$2,165
FY2026	$400 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hill County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hill County, Montana	United States
FY2017	$46.29	$93.28
FY2018	$11.51	$105
FY2019	$4.58	$128
FY2020	$2.52	$145
FY2021	$35.55	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hill County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hill County, Montana	United States
FY2021	$3,691	$5,748
FY2022	$5,767	$5,221
FY2023	$9,543	$5,364
FY2024	$2,509	$5,501
FY2025	$6,765	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hill County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hill County, Montana	United States
FY2021	$154	$298
FY2022	$806	$357
FY2023	$56.76	$301
FY2024	$132	$319
FY2025	$1,678	$360
FY2026	$249

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hill County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hill County, Montana	United States
FY2021	$295	$239
FY2022	$669	$185
FY2023	$336	$229
FY2024	$527	$229
FY2025	$701	$249
FY2026	$244

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hill County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hill County, Montana	United States
FY2021	$451	$2,304
FY2022	$300	$2,197
FY2023	$295	$2,274
FY2024	$321	$2,267
FY2025	$566	$2,397
FY2026	$419

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hill County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hill County, Montana	United States
FY2021	$684	$1,186
FY2022	$306	$465
FY2023	-$33.89	$76.52
FY2024	$123	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026	$45.90

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Hill County, Montana
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Hill County, Montana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Hill County, Montana	United States
2014

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Contracts and grants · FY2023

$9,543 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $4,729 (2× that).

Compared with 16 similar counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/30041

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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.

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

House

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

Senate

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Cities and towns in Hill County

Places whose residents live mostly in Hill County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
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
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Year

Hill County, Montana

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

−4.9 points

−5.5 points

−6.0 points to −5.0 points

Year −2

0.0 points

+0.1 points

−1.9 points to +3.2 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

+1.9 points

+0.6 points

−0.3 points to +2.4 points

Year +1

−1.8 points

−0.7 points

−2.2 points to +0.8 points

Year +2

−0.6 points

−0.2 points

−2.5 points to +3.3 points

Year

Hill County, Montana

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Year

Hill County, Montana

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Year

Hill County, Montana

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Calendar years	Hill County, Montana	United States
2014	−6.3%	−4.2%
2015	−4.4%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.8%	+3.3%
2018	+4.5%	+6.8%
2019	+6.1%	+10.5%
2020	+15.9%	+19.4%
2021	+18.8%	+26.1%
2022	+24.7%	+30.6%
2023	+27.2%	+35.0%
2024	+33.4%	+41.0%
2025	+40.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Hill County, Montana	United States
2014	−4.5%	−5.5%
2015	+1.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.9%	+4.1%
2018	+10.8%	+8.9%
2019	+12.2%	+13.5%
2020	+21.0%	+20.8%
2021	+27.3%	+32.1%
2022	+34.3%	+35.4%
2023	+40.3%	+42.9%
2024	+40.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Hill County, Montana	United States
2014	0.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Hill County, Montana	United States
2014	+4.3%	−6.9%
2015	+5.9%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+16.2%	+4.7%
2018	+20.2%	+7.5%
2019	+24.4%	+14.0%
2020	+19.3%	+16.9%
2021	+30.4%	+21.0%
2022	+21.1%	+29.7%
2023	+23.3%	+34.9%
2024	+51.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Hill County, Montana	United States
2014	17.6%	15.5%
2015	21.2%	14.7%
2016	19.5%	14.0%
2017	15.7%	13.4%
2018	13.5%	13.1%
2019	15.7%	12.3%
2020	18.9%	11.9%
2021	16.9%	12.8%
2022	18.4%	12.6%
2023	19.0%	12.5%
2024	14.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Hill County, Montana	United States
2014	5.8%	6.2%
2015	4.3%	5.3%
2016	4.9%	4.9%
2017	4.2%	4.4%
2018	3.8%	3.9%
2019	4.0%	3.7%
2020	5.3%	8.1%
2021	3.4%	5.4%
2022	2.6%	3.7%
2023	2.4%	3.6%
2024	2.7%	4.0%
2025	3.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Hill County, Montana	United States
2014	−7.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−1.7% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+9.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+14.3% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+20.4% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+33.6% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+64.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+67.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+71.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+71.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+85.6% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Hill County, Montana	United States
2014	18.1%	13.5%
2015	16.3%	10.9%
2016	12.3%	10.0%
2017	12.8%	10.2%
2018	12.1%	10.4%
2019	12.7%	10.8%
2020	12.7%	10.4%
2021	12.0%	10.2%
2022	12.6%	9.5%
2023	12.2%	9.5%
2024	12.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Hill County, Montana	United States
2014	5.3/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.2/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.6/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.6/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.8/1k	16.6/1k

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved7

Declined2

Counties like Hill County, Montana five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

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

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 16 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Cities and towns in Hill County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved7

Declined2

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 16 similar counties

Jumps not compared

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

By type

What was bought