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%

Opheim$1,450/mo

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

Kevin$390/mo

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

OpheimKevin

Snow a year33″39″

January low1°F 6°F

July high81°F 82°F

Growing season (days)99d 115d

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

Outdoors & history

OpheimKevin

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land6.2%5.3%

Settled—1910

National Register places—1

Archive photos—1

Famous people born here—1

Community

OpheimKevin

Library hours a week30 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.

OpheimMT KevinMT

Opheim ↔ Kevin253 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

OpheimKevin

People

Population 86Lowest 108Highest

Median age 50.8±9.9Highest 26% above MT 49.5±22.9Lowest 23% 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 23.3%±24.9Lowest MT: 21% 30.6%±19.3Highest MT: 21%

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

Age 65+ 24.4%±38.2Highest MT: 20.1% 18.5%±19.6Lowest 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+ 9.4%Highest MT: 35.2% 0%Lowest MT: 35.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $46,500±$36kHighest 36% below MT $38,333±$12kLowest 47% 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 $48,600±$19kLowest 87% below MT $65,000±$22kHighest 83% 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 $1,000Highest 63% below MT $588Lowest 78% below MT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest MT: 44.8% 33.3%±100Highest 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 7%Lowest MT: 11.5% 32.4%Highest MT: 11.5%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 20.9%±21.1Highest MT: 12.5% 17.6%±18.6Lowest 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 64.3 miHighest 17.3 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in KevinFew work in Opheim

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.2%Highest 5.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.9 miLowest 1.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 4.5 miHighest 3.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

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

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.

Opheim 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.

Opheim vs Kevin

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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