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Cities in Montana by housing units, 2024

Billings, MT had the highest housing units of 8 cities in 2024, at 54,346. Belgrade, MT had the lowest, at 4,994. The median was 21,533 and the figure for Montana was 528,419. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest54,346Billings, MT
Lowest4,994Belgrade, MT
Median21,5338 cities
Montana528,419History

All cities, 2024

Billings, MT: 54,346 countBillings, MT54,346Missoula, MT: 37,317 countMissoula, MT37,317Great Falls, MT: 28,418 countGreat Falls, MT28,418Bozeman, MT: 25,908 countBozeman, MT25,908Butte, MT: 17,158 countButte, MT17,158Helena, MT: 16,591 countHelena, MT16,591Kalispell, MT: 12,267 countKalispell, MT12,267Belgrade, MT: 4,994 countBelgrade, MT4,994Billings, MT: 54,346 countBillings, MT54,346Missoula, MT: 37,317 countMissoula, MT37,317Great Falls, MT: 28,418 countGreat Falls, MT28,418Bozeman, MT: 25,908 countBozeman, MT25,908Butte, MT: 17,158 countButte, MT17,158Helena, MT: 16,591 countHelena, MT16,591Kalispell, MT: 12,267 countKalispell, MT12,267Belgrade, MT: 4,994 countBelgrade, MT4,994
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
count		Change on 2023
1Billings, MT54,346+1.5%
2Missoula, MT37,317+2.8%
3Great Falls, MT28,418+0.3%
4Bozeman, MT25,908+4.3%
5Butte, MT17,158+0.7%
6Helena, MT16,591+0.1%
7Kalispell, MT12,267+5.3%
8Belgrade, MT4,994+2.8%

Other periods

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All housing units, occupied and vacant: houses, apartments, mobile homes and rooms intended as separate living quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A survey estimate averaged over five years, not a count on one date.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Montana by housing units, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Montana by housing units, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/montana-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Montana by housing units, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/montana-cities.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Montana by housing units, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/montana-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest housing units?

Billings, MT, with 54,346 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest housing units?

Belgrade, MT, with 4,994 in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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