Home values, rents and more in the Helena metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Helena metro compares
The typical home in the Helena metro area is worth about $473,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Helena metro are about the same as the typical value in Montana ($467,000) and 29% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Helena metro rose 3.0%, compared with +2.0% in Montana and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,646 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 3% below Montana ($1,698) and 15% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $78,528, against $72,509 in Montana and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 97,153 people live in the Helena metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Helena metro has the 94th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 4th-highest 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.