Housing · Plains
Plains, MT housing market
The typical Plains home is worth about $450,000, up 4.6% in a year, close to the Montana typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how Plains compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
The market right now
Plains at a glance
Typical home value
$450K
▲ 4.6% in a year · Zillow
Ten-year trend
Typical home value, 2016–2026
PlainsMontana
Show as a table
| January | Plains | Montana |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $178,000 | $233,000 |
| 2018 | $193,000 | $248,000 |
| 2019 | $199,000 | $262,000 |
| 2020 | $216,000 | $277,000 |
| 2021 | $257,000 | $318,000 |
| 2022 | $356,000 | $406,000 |
| 2023 | $392,000 | $434,000 |
| 2024 | $396,000 | $447,000 |
| 2025 | $425,000 | $464,000 |
| 2026 | $431,000 | $468,000 |
| August 2026 | $450,000 | $472,000 |
Affordability
17.6 years of income
The typical Plains home costs about 17.6 years of the town's median household income, more than across Montana (6.5 years).
Home value ÷ ACS median household income.
The homes
Owners, rent & taxes
Homeownership
53.1%
Montana: 69.2%
Median tax bill
$1,188
Montana: $2,693
Median rent
$843
Montana: $1,081
Typical home built
1978
Montana: 1981
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Listings link to their publishers.