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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Lowest Costs Beyond the Mortgage in Montana

Where the mortgage is most of what owning costs, and everything else is a thin slice on top. These are the counties where a payoff changes the most: the share in the first column is roughly what you would still be paying every month with no mortgage left at all. Modelled at 20% down at the rate this site currently uses, so the share moves with both.

Where does yours land? Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.

Montana ranked

#County Share beyond mortgageMonthly beyond mortgageMonthly to own
1 Madison County 26.9%$865$3,216
2 Gallatin County 27.3%$1,210$4,439
3 Ravalli County 27.9%$900$3,222
4 Flathead County 28.3%$985$3,482
5 Park County 28.3%$906$3,200
6 Jefferson County 28.4%$866$3,044
7 Carbon County 28.7%$816$2,840
8 Broadwater County 29.4%$809$2,757
9 Stillwater County 29.4%$792$2,690
10 Sanders County 29.6%$725$2,454
11 Sweet Grass County 29.6%$665$2,242
12 Lake County 29.7%$834$2,804
13 Granite County 29.7%$767$2,580
14 Mineral County 29.7%$709$2,383
15 Missoula County 31.0%$1,013$3,272
16 Lewis and Clark County 31.0%$858$2,770
17 Lincoln County 31.2%$625$2,006
18 Beaverhead County 31.2%$684$2,190
19 Judith Basin County 31.6%$529$1,672
20 Fallon County 31.7%$588$1,853
21 Yellowstone County 31.8%$792$2,488
22 Powell County 32.2%$647$2,013
23 Richland County 32.4%$662$2,045
24 Meagher County 32.4%$626$1,930
25 Golden Valley County 32.4%$522$1,611
26 Musselshell County 32.6%$571$1,752
27 Treasure County 32.8%$560$1,709
28 Carter County 33.2%$469$1,412
29 Teton County 33.5%$634$1,891
30 McCone County 33.8%$539$1,593
31 Rosebud County 33.9%$517$1,526
32 Cascade County 34.0%$669$1,967
33 Deer Lodge County 34.3%$585$1,704
34 Garfield County 34.6%$503$1,455
35 Fergus County 34.8%$577$1,659
36 Wheatland County 34.8%$493$1,415
37 Chouteau County 35.1%$534$1,522
38 Petroleum County 35.3%$505$1,433
39 Silver Bow County 35.5%$655$1,849
40 Daniels County 36.0%$533$1,482
41 Phillips County 36.0%$525$1,460
42 Pondera County 36.0%$539$1,495
43 Toole County 36.2%$567$1,567
44 Custer County 36.4%$623$1,713
45 Prairie County 36.4%$512$1,404
46 Valley County 36.6%$612$1,672
47 Hill County 36.9%$585$1,587
48 Glacier County 37.0%$480$1,299
49 Powder River County 37.3%$475$1,272
50 Dawson County 37.5%$600$1,600
51 Big Horn County 38.4%$494$1,285
52 Liberty County 41.0%$434$1,057
53 Roosevelt County 42.1%$464$1,102
54 Wibaux County 42.1%$359$852
55 Sheridan County 42.9%$447$1,043
56 Blaine County 42.9%$501$1,168

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

Nationwide

Lowest Costs Beyond the Mortgage across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Montana

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