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Ranked for Young Families

Best Places to Live in Montana for Young Families

Top schools, low crime, parks, room for a family Ranked by how well each place fits the Young Families profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.

Top 7 places

  1. #1KalispellPopulation 25,473 · mixed overall livability41% match
  2. #2BillingsPopulation 117,093 · mixed overall livability39% match
  3. #3Great FallsPopulation 60,373 · mixed overall livability29% match
  4. #4Butte-Silver BowPopulation 34,638 · mixed overall livability29% match
  5. #5HelenaPopulation 32,529 · mixed overall livability29% match
  6. #6MissoulaPopulation 74,627 · mixed overall livability24% match
  7. #7BozemanPopulation 53,500 · mixed overall livability22% match

Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.

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