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Missoula, MT

77,763 Population
34.8 square miles 2,233.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Missoula, MT Metro Area: 38 ±1.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montana: 40.6 ±0.4

Economics

$41,898 ±$2,730 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Missoula, MT Metro Area: $43,881 ±$2,410
  • a little higher than the amount in Montana: $40,197 ±$882
$70,277 ±$7,985 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Missoula, MT Metro Area: $73,324 ±$4,396
  • about the same as the amount in Montana: $70,804 ±$1,475

12.2% ±2.8% (9,191  ±2,082) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Missoula, MT Metro Area: 11.2% † 13,817 (±2% / ±2,443)
  • a little higher than the rate in Montana: 11.7% 129,804 (±0.7% / ±7,386)

19.8 minutes ±2.3 (720,205  ±97,915) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Missoula, MT Metro Area: 21.3 1,243,455 (±1.5 / ±104,230)
  • about the same as the figure in Montana: 20.2 9,947,235 (±0.6 / ±318,257)

Families

35,775 ±1,215 Number of households
  • the Missoula, MT Metro Area: 56,810 ±1,169
  • Montana: 472,867 ±4,532
2.1 ±0.1 (74,562  ±62) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Missoula, MT Metro Area: 2.2 122,375 (±0.1 / ±1,086)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.3 1,103,505

2.5% ±1.8% (538  ±383) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Missoula, MT Metro Area: 2.8% † 901 (±1.7% / ±547)
  • about half the rate in Montana: 5.4% † 13,370 (±0.8% / ±2,020)

Housing

37,932 ±977 Number of housing units
  • the Missoula, MT Metro Area: 60,487 ±468
  • Montana: 535,481 ±106

$493,600 ±$29,946 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Missoula, MT Metro Area: $487,700 ±$20,711
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Montana: $392,300 ±$7,547

18% ±2.9% (13,866  ±2,222.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Missoula, MT Metro Area: 15% † 18,709 (±2.1% / ±2,632.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montana: 13.1% 146,873 (±0.8% / ±8,415.6)

Social

96.1% ±6.2% (50,361  ±3,625.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Missoula, MT Metro Area: 95.6% 84,024 (±4.9% / ±4,432.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.4% 751,495 (±1.6% / ±12,815)
53.2% ±4.7% (27,850  ±2,633.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Missoula, MT Metro Area: 46.8% 41,168 (±3.4% / ±3,068.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 34.6% 275,535 (±1% / ±8,167)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.5% ±0.8% (1,176  ±586) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Missoula, MT Metro Area: 1.9% † 2,409 (±0.7% / ±844)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Montana: 2.2% 24,623

8.5% ±2% (5,450  ±1,276) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Missoula, MT Metro Area: 9% † 9,319 (±1.6% / ±1,606)
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 9% 79,897 (±0.4% / ±3,718)
5,450 Total veterans ±1,276 4,867 Male ±1,180 583 Female ±329

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