Real estate · Small-town market · Montana
Real estate businesses in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #433 of 536 scored small-town markets
#2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Montana
- Listings
- 59
- 4 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 36
- +28.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $243.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,808 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 95
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 38.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,118
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate businesses, the Butte-Silver Bow area has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #433 of 536 scored small-town markets and #2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Montana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Butte-Silver Bow area comes to about $243.7M a year: $15,808 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 5% below the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.
The Butte-Silver Bow area has 59 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 7%, against 6% across the U.S. That is 38.3 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Butte-Silver Bow area in 2023, up 28.6% from 2019. That is one for every 428 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Butte-Silver Bow area grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Butte-Silver Bow area compares
The same measures for Montana and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Butte-Silver Bow area | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 38.3 | 46.9 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 95 | 85 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 428 | 260 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +28.6% | +25.1% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,808 | $17,303 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $61,754 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36+28.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 68
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 171Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 594 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 56The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Butte-Silver Bow area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Butte-Silver Bow area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,118+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 15,419
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 718 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $61,754+35.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,950
- Median home value
- $255,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,312
- Daytime population
- 35,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Montana market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Montana for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Montana, with the Butte-Silver Bow area marked.
Top small-town markets in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kalispell, MT | 39 | 339 | 76.6 | 53 | +10.1% | #409 of 536 |
| 2Butte-Silver Bow, MT | 37 | 59 | 38.3 | 95 | +2.6% | #433 of 536 |
Other business types in the Butte-Silver Bow area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 59 real estate businesses in the Butte-Silver Bow area. 4 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 28.6% from 2019. Official counts list 171 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $243.7M a year, or $15,808 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 59 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 5% below the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,419 households in the Butte-Silver Bow area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Butte-Silver Bow, MT area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Butte-Silver Bow area has 38.3 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 95, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Butte-Silver Bow area would have about 56, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 428 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 28.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Butte-Silver Bow, MT area growing?
Population estimates put the Butte-Silver Bow area at 36,118 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,419 households. Median household income in the Butte-Silver Bow area is $61,754, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.1%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Butte-Silver Bow area scores 37 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #433 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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