Montana · Census place 79825
Whitefish city, MT
Quick answer
Whitefish city has 8,422 residents, ranking #14 of 497 places in Montana. Median household income is $71,110, the median home is worth $648,200 and median gross rent runs $1,313 a month.
- Population
- 8,422Whitefish city residents
- Median household income
- $71,110Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $648,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,313Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 60%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Whitefish city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Whitefish city median would spend about 22.2% 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 9.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.9% of residents and 60% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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