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%

North Browning$1,000/mo

Typical home $188K (Census) · tax rate 0.11% · or rent about $475/mo · Housing →

Wolf Point$950/mo

Typical home $147K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.47% · or rent about $734/mo · Housing →

The difference: $50 a month, about $600 a year, between North Browning and Wolf Point.

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

Wolf Point places higher on 12 of 18 MT lists

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

–North BrowningNot graded C−Wolf PointSafer than 22% of U.S. towns

Schools

–North BrowningNot graded DWolf PointBetter than 7% of districts in the state

Health

D−North BrowningHealthier than under 1% of U.S. towns DWolf PointHealthier than 7% of U.S. towns

6North Browning

12Wolf Point

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 43 towns #29#2 Fastest growingGrowth · 43 towns #18#39 Lowest depressionHealth · 42 towns #33#25 Most conserved landOutdoors · 41 towns #41#34 Highest incomeIncome · 43 towns #42#36 Lowest property taxCost of living · 42 towns #1#6 Most remote workersWork · 42 towns #37#42 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 42 towns #42#37

Left end = #1 in Montana. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of North Browning’s rankings →

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

North BrowningWolf Point

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)43rd 12th

Outdoors & history

North BrowningWolf Point

Trails2 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0.5%4.1%

Settled—1915

Archive photos—12

Community

North BrowningWolf Point

Library hours a week—51 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

341 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

North BrowningMT Wolf PointMT

North Browning ↔ Wolf Point341 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

North BrowningWolf Point

People

Population 3,144Highest 2,602Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +10.2%Highest MT: +9.6% -4%Lowest MT: +9.6%

Median age 28±2.9Lowest 31% below MT 32.8±3Highest 19% below MT

Wolf Point and North Browning are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 34.7%±4Highest MT: 21% 26.3%±5.2Lowest MT: 21%

North Browning and Wolf Point are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 9%±2.4Lowest MT: 20.1% 15%±3.4Highest MT: 20.1%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.3%Highest MT: 35.2% 11.9%Lowest MT: 35.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.6%±2Highest MT: 5.2% 2.5%±1.6Lowest MT: 5.2%

North Browning and Wolf Point are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $37,155±$17kLowest 49% below MT $52,868±$18kHighest 27% below MT

Wolf Point and North Browning are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $187,500±$89kHighest 50% below MT $118,600±$31kLowest 68% below MT

North Browning and Wolf Point are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $475±$27Lowest 56% below MT $734±$30Highest 32% below MT

Property taxmedian, yearly $199Lowest 93% below MT $1,744Highest 35% below MT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 26%±13.6Lowest MT: 44.8% 46%±13.7Highest MT: 44.8%

Wolf Point and North Browning are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 43.3%Highest MT: 11.5% 23.3%Lowest MT: 11.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 43.6%Lowest MT: 69.2% 52.5%Highest MT: 69.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1985Highest 4 yrs newer than MT 1964Lowest 17 yrs older than MT

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 13 minHighest 35% below MT 12 minLowest 36% below MT

Work from home 3.2%±3.2Highest MT: 12.5% 0.9%±1Lowest MT: 12.5%

North Browning and Wolf Point are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 11.4%Lowest 35.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miHighest 4.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.72Lowest 0.99Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Browning (25%)Poplar (5%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Wolf PointFew work in North Browning

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.5%Lowest 4.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.5 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 38.0Lowest 152Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#39 of 40 in MT

School district —Wolf Point Elem · Wolf Point H S

High school in town —Wolf Point High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 12.0

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.

North Browning vs Wolf Point

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Wolf Point places higher on 12 of 18 MT lists

What daily life feels like in each

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