A typical St. Marie home is worth roughly $19,000
Home prices around St. Marie have risen about 28% over the past 5 years.
What stands out about housing in St. Marie
Home prices up 28% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around St. Marie rose 28% over the past 5 years, slower than across Montana (62%). Last year prices fell 8.6%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around St. Marie, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
What it takes to buy in St. Marie
Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical St. Marie home, with $273K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,200 a month here, $1,090 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Montana typical property tax (0.72% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,200
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Valley County, MT): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
89% of St. Marie households own their home
Half of St. Marie’s homes were built before 1964.
Montana: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
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What St. Marie buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.