Housing in Butte-Silver Bow

A typical Butte-Silver Bow home is worth roughly $255,000

Typical home value

$255K

MT $472K

Estimate

Median rent

$863

a month · Census

Median tax bill

$2,500

MT $2,693

What kind of housing town is Butte-Silver Bow?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

Your money goes further46% below the Montana typical home.A high tax rateAbout 0.98% of a home’s value a year, vs 0.72% across Montana.Historic housesThe typical home was built around 1956, and 6 houses are on the National Register.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 4.1 years of income

Less than across Montana (6.5 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$239,000

Typical Butte-Silver Bow home $255K

That’s $16K short of a typical Butte-Silver Bow home.

The typical home, each month

$1,550

Loan $1,260Tax $210Insurance $70

Where your budget reaches nearby

Anaconda-Deer Lodge County$306K Wise River$626K

How Butte-Silver Bow ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Butte-Silver Bow’s typical property tax (0.98% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

6 of Butte-Silver Bow’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Butte-Silver Bow’s homes were built before 1956.

History →

Owners and renters

Own 71%Rent 29%

Montana: 69% own.

1956

typical home built · MT 1981

$2,500

median property tax bill · MT $2,693

0.98%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · MT 0.72%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

Historic houses in Butte-Silver Bow

W. A. Clark MansionBuilt 1884

Burton K. Wheeler HouseBuilt 1908

Charles W. Clark MansionListed 1976

Silver Bow County Poor Farm HospitalListed 1981

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Renting

Renters pay a median $863 a month

HUD doesn’t publish rents for this area.

29%

of households rent · MT 31%

3,920

renter households

47%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MT 45%

$863

median rent paid today · Census

Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Butte-Silver Bow vs. its neighbors

Butte-Silver Bow is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Wise River$626K Anaconda-Deer Lodge County$306K Butte-Silver Bow$255K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2013	Median income
Butte-Silver Bow	$255K*	—	—	—	$61,754
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County	$306K	+3.4%	$1,240	7	$57,527
Wise River	$626K	+3.6%	$1,240	—	$55,313

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.