What is the population of Billings city?

Billings city has 118,321 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #1 of 497 in Montana.

What is the median household income in Billings city?

Median household income in Billings city is $71,855 a year, 8.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Billings city?

Median gross rent is $1,097 a month and the median home value is $311,800, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.

Is Billings city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Billings city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Billings, MT population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Billings, Montana (Billings, MT — Census place “Billings city”) is 118,321 residents, ranking #1 of 497 places in Montana. Median household income is $71,855, the median home is worth $311,800 and median gross rent runs $1,097 a month. Looking for the Billings Montana ZIP code list? 4 ZIP codes serve Billings, MT: 59101, 59102, 59105, 59106.

Population: 118,321Billings city residents
Median household income: $71,855Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $311,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,097Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.8%Owner-occupied households

Billings ZIP codes (Montana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Billings.

The Billings MT ZIP code list below covers 4 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Billings city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Billings city median would spend about 18.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.6% of residents and 64.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Billings city, MT in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Billings city is a mid-size city in Montana, with 118,321 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it first of 497 ranked by population. The median age here is 38.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Billings city earn a median of $71,855 a year, 8.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 14% above the $62,992 median for the 94 Montana cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 10.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Billings city is valued at $311,800, 2.8% above the national figure and 24% above the $250,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,097 a month, 22% below the national figure, or roughly $13,164 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 64.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Billings city?: Billings city has 118,321 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #1 of 497 in Montana.
What is the median household income in Billings city?: Median household income in Billings city is $71,855 a year, 8.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Billings city?: Median gross rent is $1,097 a month and the median home value is $311,800, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.
Is Billings city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Billings city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Billings city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.