What is the population of Fortine CDP?

Fortine CDP has 378 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #180 of 497 in Montana.

What is the median household income in Fortine CDP?

Median household income in Fortine CDP is $64,427 a year, 18% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fortine CDP?

Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $270,000.

Is Fortine CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fortine CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market.

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Fortine, MT population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fortine, Montana (Fortine, MT — Census place “Fortine CDP”) is 378 residents, ranking #180 of 497 places in Montana. Median household income is $64,427, the median home is worth $270,000 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Fortine Montana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Fortine, MT: 59918.

Population: 378Fortine CDP residents
Median household income: $64,427Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $270,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: —Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 85%Owner-occupied households

Fortine ZIP codes (Montana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fortine.

The Fortine MT ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

59918

What the numbers mean in Fortine CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

The median home costs 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.7% of residents and 85% of households own their home.

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

Fortine CDP, MT in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fortine CDP is a very small community in Montana, with 378 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #180 of 497 ranked by population — larger than 63% of them. The median age here is 45.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Fortine CDP earn a median of $64,427 a year, 18% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $62,992 median for the 94 Montana cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 7.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fortine CDP is valued at $270,000, 11% below the national figure and 8% above the $250,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 85% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 378 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Fortine CDP against its county rather than against national figures.

The Census withheld gross rent for Fortine CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Fortine CDP?: Fortine CDP has 378 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #180 of 497 in Montana.
What is the median household income in Fortine CDP?: Median household income in Fortine CDP is $64,427 a year, 18% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fortine CDP?: Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $270,000.
Is Fortine CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fortine CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
How current is this Fortine CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.