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%

Wolf Point$950/mo

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

North Browning$1,000/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

12Wolf Point

6North Browning

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

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

Left end = #1 in Montana. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Wolf Point’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

Wolf PointNorth Browning

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

Outdoors & history

Wolf PointNorth Browning

Trails0 mi 2 mi

Conserved land4.1%0.5%

Settled1915 —

Archive photos12 —

Community

Wolf PointNorth Browning

Library hours a week51 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.

Wolf PointMT North BrowningMT

Wolf Point ↔ North Browning341 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

Wolf PointNorth Browning

People

Population 2,602Lowest 3,144Highest

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

Median age 32.8±3Highest 19% below MT 28±2.9Lowest 31% 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 26.3%±5.2Lowest MT: 21% 34.7%±4Highest 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+ 15%±3.4Highest MT: 20.1% 9%±2.4Lowest MT: 20.1%

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

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.5%±1.6Lowest MT: 5.2% 3.6%±2Highest 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 $52,868±$18kHighest 27% below MT $37,155±$17kLowest 49% 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 $118,600±$31kLowest 68% below MT $187,500±$89kHighest 50% 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 $734±$30Highest 32% below MT $475±$27Lowest 56% below MT

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 46%±13.7Highest MT: 44.8% 26%±13.6Lowest 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 23.3%Lowest MT: 11.5% 43.3%Highest MT: 11.5%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 0.9%±1Lowest MT: 12.5% 3.2%±3.2Highest 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 35.6%Highest 11.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 4.8 miLowest 11.8 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in North BrowningFew work in Wolf Point

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.1%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miLowest 1.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Highest 2Lowest

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

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

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.

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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.

Wolf Point vs North Browning

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

341 miles apart

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