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Cost of living in Orchard Homes, Montana

Orchard Homes, Montana has about 5,588 people. Typical rent is $1,000 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $64,904 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #18 in Montana on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,000 a month.

Orchard Homes is a Census community, not a separate city government in Montana. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $64,904 a year.

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People
5,588
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,000
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$64,904
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$553,700
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,690
Missoula, MT HUD Metro FMR Area
Gas
$4.575
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4), week of October 12, 2026

Orchard Homes, Montana has about 5,588 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $553,700.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Missoula County is $1,690 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Orchard Homes. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Missoula, MT metro area, prices sit at 96.4 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Montana taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 0.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Orchard Homes's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Montana home paid 14.99¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Orchard Homes's bill.

EIA does not publish a Montana gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) all-grades price was $4.575 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,196.00 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Montana shares this price.

Among 79 places we list in Montana with a rent figure, 34 have higher typical rent than Orchard Homes.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.