Home values, rents and more in the Butte metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Butte metro compares
The typical home in the Butte metro area is worth about $286,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Butte metro are 39% below the typical value in Montana ($467,000) and 22% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Butte metro rose 3.1%, compared with +2.0% in Montana and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,443 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 15% below Montana ($1,698) and 25% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.9% over the past year.
The median household income is $61,754, against $72,509 in Montana and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 36,118 people live in the Butte metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Butte metro has the 371st-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the lowest of 7 in Montana with Zillow figures.
Part of: 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.