A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Glendive$1,290/mo

Typical home $206K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.22% · or rent about $842/mo · Housing →

West Glendive$1,190/mo

Typical home $179K (Census) · tax rate 1.64% · or rent about $778/mo · Housing →

The difference: $110 a month, about $1,300 a year, between Glendive and West Glendive.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Montana ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

CGlendiveSafer than 31% of U.S. towns –West GlendiveNot graded

Schools

C−GlendiveBetter than 24% of districts in the state C−West GlendiveBetter than 24% of districts in the state

Health

B+GlendiveHealthier than 71% of U.S. towns B−West GlendiveHealthier than 46% of U.S. towns

Where they are

Glendive and West Glendive share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

GlendiveWest Glendive

Glendive ↔ West Glendive2.0 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

408 West Glendive residents work in Glendive (42.5% of its workers)

245 Glendive residents work in West Glendive (12.3% of its workers)

Work & commute in West Glendive →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

GlendiveWest Glendive

Snow a year23″23″

January low9°F 9°F

July high88°F 88°F

Growing season (days)153d 153d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)41st 33rd

Outdoors & history

GlendiveWest Glendive

Trails0 mi 0 mi

Conserved land17.2%1.5%

Settled1880 —

National Register places11 —

Famous people born here13 —

Community

GlendiveWest Glendive

Library hours a week50 hrs —

Colleges in town1 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Montana average

GlendiveWest Glendive

People

Population 4,810Highest 2,121Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.3%Lowest MT: +9.6% +2.6%Highest MT: +9.6%

Median age 44.4±2.2Highest 10% above MT 30.9±4.4Lowest 24% below MT

Kids under 18 19%±4.8Lowest MT: 21% 26%±8.1Highest MT: 21%

West Glendive and Glendive are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 23.8%±5.2Highest MT: 20.1% 11.2%±3.6Lowest MT: 20.1%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.5%Highest MT: 35.2% 18.9%Lowest MT: 35.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.7%±2.2Highest MT: 5.2% 4%±3.2Lowest MT: 5.2%

Glendive and West Glendive are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $72,670±$9kHighest about the MT average $54,922±$15kLowest 24% below MT

Glendive and West Glendive are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $182,600±$17kHighest 51% below MT $179,400±$28kLowest 52% below MT

Glendive and West Glendive are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $842±$193Highest 22% below MT $778±$113Lowest 28% below MT

Glendive and West Glendive are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,226Lowest 17% below MT $2,938Highest 9% above MT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 28.8%±14.7Lowest MT: 44.8% 51.6%±32Highest MT: 44.8%

West Glendive and Glendive are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 13.5%Highest MT: 11.5% 2.6%Lowest MT: 11.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 70.3%Highest MT: 69.2% 67.4%Lowest MT: 69.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1960Lowest 21 yrs older than MT 1973Highest 8 yrs older than MT

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minHighest about the MT average 15 minLowest 24% below MT

Work from home 3.6%±2.9Lowest MT: 12.5% 6%±3.8Highest MT: 12.5%

West Glendive and Glendive are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 45.6%Highest 14.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 2.3 miLowest 2.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.11Highest 0.80Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town West Glendive (12%)Glendive (43%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 12% work in West Glendive43% work in Glendive

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 17.2%Highest 1.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.4 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 10Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 71.5Highest 32.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #34 of 40 in MT—

School district Dawson H S · Glendive ElemGlendive Elem

High school in town Dawson High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 13.9 —

Montana average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Glendive vs West Glendive

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Grades and rankings, side by side

Glendive and West Glendive share a border

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