Montana · 232 scored ZIPs · September 2026

Montana: the market leans toward buyers.

Conditions easing in buyers' favor. That is the population-weighted reading across 232 scored ZIPs in Montana. Typical home value $480K, +2.8% over 12 months on average; listings take 73 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Redfin, May 2026

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Montana232 scored ZIPs

Leaning buyer−14

Typical value$480K+2.8% over 12 months, average · Zillow, Aug 2026

Days on market73 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com

Listings with a price cut20%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com

Typical rent$1,702/mo+3.5% over 12 months, average · Zillow, Aug 2026

Active listings5,904Across 221 ZIPs · Realtor.com

Sale-to-list—Too few ZIPs here report a Redfin sale

HavenScore47of 100

Average of 232 scored ZIPs, weighted by population · the median U.S. ZIP scores 50

Affordability34

Growth57

Risk46

Momentum60

Livability55

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

On the map

232 scored ZIPs in Montana, colored by market balance.

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BuyersEvenSellers

One dot is one ZIP code; click a dot to open its page. Blue leans toward buyers, orange toward sellers.

Market report

What the latest figures say about Montana.

Market report · home values through August 2026, listings through September 2026 · By the HavenScore Editorial Team

Illustration of wooden ranch houses on wide open grassland, mountains far off in spring

Over the year to August 2026, typical home values in Montana rose by an average of 2.8%, weighted by population across its 232 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

Figures for a city or a state are averages across its scored ZIP codes, weighted by population, so each ZIP counts in proportion to its residents. Where only some ZIPs report a figure, the sentence names how many.

In August 2026, the average typical home value in Montana was $480K, weighted by population across its 232 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

In September 2026, Montana sat in our Leaning buyer band, with an average HavenScore balance of −14, weighted by population across its 232 scored ZIPs.

The HavenScore balance reads signals such as inventory, time on market and the share of listings with a price cut on one scale, from buyers at one end to sellers at the other. A reading below zero favors buyers, and one above zero favors sellers.

How fast homes are selling

In Montana, the ZIP-level median time on market averaged 73 days in September 2026, weighted by population across the 220 of its 232 scored ZIPs that report it, against 60 days for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).

Days on market here is each ZIP code's median number of days a Realtor.com listing spends on the market, from the day it is listed until it closes or is withdrawn, averaged across the place's ZIP codes.

The share of listings with a price cut in Montana averaged 20% in September 2026, weighted by population across the 221 of its 232 scored ZIPs that report it, against 20% for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).

Active listings across the 221 ZIPs in Montana that report them totaled 5,904 in September 2026, according to Realtor.com.

How to read these figures

Each figure names its own month: Zillow's home values and Realtor.com's listings data publish on their own schedules, so the two can sit a month apart. A figure describes that month, not the day this page was updated.

Market cycle

Where each city sits: price momentum against buyer-seller pressure.

2 of 3 Montana cities read Cooling — prices still up over the year, but the market now leans toward buyers.

Buyer's market
Leaning buyer
Balanced
Leaning seller
Seller's market
Named city (ink ring)

Cooling2 cities
Prices still up over the year, but the market now leans toward buyers.
Missoula, Billings
Accelerating1 city
Prices rising with the market leaning toward sellers.
Great Falls
Softening0 cities
Prices down over the year with the market leaning toward buyers.
No city reads Softening now.
Firming0 cities
Prices still down over the year, but the market now leans toward sellers.
No city reads Firming now.

Each dot is a city with three or more scored ZIPs, placed by its population-weighted balance (right leans toward sellers) and its trailing-year price change (up is rising, Zillow ZHVI). Axes fit this state’s own spread and always include zero. Pressure tends to turn before prices do, which is what Cooling and Firming name.

Every city in the chart

City	Read	Prices, trailing year	Balance	ZIPs
Billings	Cooling	+2.5%	−3	4
Great Falls	Accelerating	+3.1%	+3	3
Missoula	Cooling	+1.0%	−27	5

Top ZIPs

The ten highest HavenScores among ZIPs with 5,000+ residents.

Rank	Market balance	ZIP	HavenScore	Typical value
1	−15, leaning buyer	59106Billings, MT	57	$543K
2	+7, balanced	59330Glendive, MT	56	$206K
3	−7, balanced	59102Billings, MT	55	$382K
4	−21, leaning buyer	59701Butte, MT	54	$285K
5	−10, balanced	59044Laurel, MT	53	$375K
6	−2, balanced	59501Havre, MT	53	$234K
7	+13, leaning seller	59301Miles City, MT	52	$247K
8	+2, balanced	59101Billings, MT	51	$333K
9	+2, balanced	59105Billings, MT	51	$419K
10	−1, balanced	59404Great Falls, MT	51	$392K

The score only ranks ZIPs with 5,000+ residents — thinner markets are too noisy month-to-month. National leaderboards → Every scored ZIP in Montana, by county →

Cities

3 cities with three or more scored ZIPs, from the strongest lean toward buyers to the strongest toward sellers.

Rank	City		HavenScore
1	Missoula	−27	44
2	Billings	−3	53
3	Great Falls	+3	49

Balance and HavenScore, 0–100, are population-weighted averages of each city’s scored ZIPs. All cities, every state →

Counties

30 counties with three or more scored ZIPs, from the strongest lean toward buyers to the strongest toward sellers.

Rank	County		HavenScore
1	Lincoln County	−45	38
2	Flathead County	−41	45
3	Ravalli County	−39	41
4	Granite County	−31	38
5	Missoula County	−26	44
6	Lake County	−26	39
7	Park County	−25	40
8	Gallatin County	−25	45
9	Mineral County	−22	37
10	Madison County	−20	40
11	Sanders County	−18	40
12	Lewis and Clark County	−18	48

The other 18 counties, A to Z

County		HavenScore
Beaverhead County	+4	45
Carbon County	+7	43
Cascade County	+5	49
Chouteau County	+49	48
Fergus County	+14	49
Glacier County	+30	53
Hill County	−1	53
Jefferson County	−6	45
Judith Basin County	+44	39
McCone County	+25	50
Pondera County	+37	39
Powell County	+6	50
Richland County	+11	48
Sheridan County	+45	52
Stillwater County	+33	41
Teton County	+38	51
Valley County	+15	52
Yellowstone County	−3	53

Each county opens its page of the cheapest scored ZIPs.

Questions about Montana

Answers from the latest figures, each with its month.

Is Montana a buyer's market?
As of September 2026, Montana sits in our Leaning buyer band, with an average HavenScore balance of −14 on a scale from −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers), weighted by population across its 232 scored ZIPs.
Are home values falling in Montana?
As of August 2026, typical home values in Montana had risen by an average of 2.8% over the previous 12 months, weighted by population across its 232 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).
How long do homes take to sell in Montana?
As of September 2026, the ZIP-level median time on market in Montana averaged 73 days, weighted by population across the 220 of its 232 scored ZIPs that report it, against 60 days for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).
What does a typical home cost in Montana?
As of August 2026, the average typical home value in Montana was $480K, weighted by population across its 232 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).