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Missoula vs Great Falls

Missoula, MT compared with Great Falls, MT · 135 miles apart

Missoula has 78,903 residents to Great Falls’s 60,208. Missoula comes out ahead on median household income, bachelor's degree +, poverty rate. Great Falls does better on median rent, homeownership, average commute.

Missoula, MT Great Falls, MT
Population 78,903 60,208
Density (per sq mi) 2,252 2,599
Median household income $70,392 $63,373
Median home value $473,100 $257,000
Median rent $1,189 $900
Homeownership 47% 66.1%
Average commute 15.8 min 14.9 min
Median age 34.7 39
Bachelor's degree + 53% 27.8%
Poverty rate 11.8% 14.5%
Unemployment 3.8% 3.7%
Price to income 6.7× 4.1×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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