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Home values, rents and more in Townsend, MT

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$449,000
Metro: $473,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+0.7%
Metro: +3.0% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
1,967
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$70,752
Metro: $78,528 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Townsend, MT, shaded by typical home valueTownsend
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ZIP codes around Townsend, MT, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Townsend is outlined.

How Townsend compares

The typical home in Townsend, MT is worth about $449,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Townsend are 5% below the typical value in the Helena metro area ($473,000) and 23% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Townsend rose 0.7%, compared with +3.0% in the Helena metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $70,752, against $78,528 in the Helena metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,967 people live in Townsend (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Townsend has the 6th-highest typical home value of the 12 cities in the Helena metro area and the 77th-highest of 199 in Montana with Zillow figures.

Part of: Broadwater County, MT · Helena metro area · Montana

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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