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%

Kevin$390/mo

Typical home $65K (Census) · tax rate 0.90% · Housing →

Opheim$1,450/mo

Typical home $208K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.06% · Housing →

The difference: $1,060 a month, about $12,700 a year, between Opheim and Kevin.

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.

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

KevinOpheim

Snow a year39″33″

January low6°F 1°F

July high82°F 81°F

Growing season (days)115d 99d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)14th 28th

Outdoors & history

KevinOpheim

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land5.3%6.2%

Settled1910 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos1 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

KevinOpheim

Library hours a week—30 hrs

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.

Where they are

253 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

KevinMT OpheimMT

Kevin ↔ Opheim253 miles apart

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

KevinOpheim

People

Population 108Highest 86Lowest

Median age 49.5±22.9Lowest 23% above MT 50.8±9.9Highest 26% above MT

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

Kids under 18 30.6%±19.3Highest MT: 21% 23.3%±24.9Lowest MT: 21%

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

Age 65+ 18.5%±19.6Lowest MT: 20.1% 24.4%±38.2Highest MT: 20.1%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 0%Lowest MT: 35.2% 9.4%Highest MT: 35.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±14.4 MT: 5.2% 0%±18.1 MT: 5.2%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $38,333±$12kLowest 47% below MT $46,500±$36kHighest 36% below MT

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $65,000±$22kHighest 83% below MT $48,600±$19kLowest 87% below MT

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $588Lowest 78% below MT $1,000Highest 63% below MT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 33.3%±100Highest MT: 44.8% 0%±100Lowest MT: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 32.4%Highest MT: 11.5% 7%Lowest MT: 11.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.3%Lowest MT: 69.2% 85.7%Highest MT: 69.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1957Highest 24 yrs older than MT 1943Lowest 38 yrs older than MT

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minHighest 8% above MT 13 minLowest 31% below MT

Work from home 17.6%±18.6Lowest MT: 12.5% 20.9%±21.1Highest MT: 12.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miLowest 64.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.14Lowest 2.73Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Sunburst (24%)Glasgow (32%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in OpheimFew work in Kevin

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.3%Lowest 6.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.2 miHighest 0.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 3.0 miLowest 4.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 83.5Lowest 157Highest

Schools

School district —Opheim K-12 Schools

High school in town —Opheim High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 2.2

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

Kevin neighborsTown Square →

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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.

Kevin vs Opheim

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,060 more a month in Opheim

What daily life feels like in each

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