What is the population of Three Forks city?

Three Forks city has 2,034 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #53 of 497 in Montana.

What is the median household income in Three Forks city?

Median household income in Three Forks city is $80,394 a year, 2.4% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,263 a month and the median home value is $382,400, so rent absorbs about 18.9% of median household income.

Is Three Forks city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Three Forks city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Three Forks, MT population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Three Forks, Montana (Three Forks, MT — Census place “Three Forks city”) is 2,034 residents, ranking #53 of 497 places in Montana. Median household income is $80,394, the median home is worth $382,400 and median gross rent runs $1,263 a month. Looking for the Three Forks Montana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Three Forks, MT: 59752.

Population: 2,034Three Forks city residents
Median household income: $80,394Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $382,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,263Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 75.1%Owner-occupied households

Three Forks ZIP codes (Montana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Three Forks.

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

59752

What the numbers mean in Three Forks city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Three Forks city median would spend about 18.9% 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 4.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.7% of residents and 75.1% of households own their home.

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

Three Forks city, MT in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Three Forks city is a small town in Montana, with 2,034 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #53 of 497 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 42.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. 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 Three Forks city earn a median of $80,394 a year, 2.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 28% above 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 6.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Three Forks city is valued at $382,400, 26% above the national figure and 52% above the $250,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,263 a month, 10.2% below the national figure, or roughly $15,156 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.9% 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 4.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 75.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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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What is the population of Three Forks city?: Three Forks city has 2,034 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #53 of 497 in Montana.
What is the median household income in Three Forks city?: Median household income in Three Forks city is $80,394 a year, 2.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Three Forks city?: Median gross rent is $1,263 a month and the median home value is $382,400, so rent absorbs about 18.9% of median household income.
Is Three Forks city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Three Forks city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Three Forks city 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.