All Counties in Montana, Eviction Risk 2026
56 counties covering 496 incorporated cities and 788,303 residents. Statewide average landlord risk score is 3.4/10 (Low), but county-level scores vary sharply, urban counties with strong tenant protections or high rent burdens routinely score several points above rural counties.
| County↕ | Population↕ | Risk↕ | Lean↕ | Renters↕ | % income on rent↕ | Avg rent↕ | Poverty↕ | Cities↕ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yellowstone County | 135,547 | 3.8 | Rep | 40.9% | 31.9% | $1,130 | 22.6% | 11 |
| 02 | Glacier County | 10,371 | 3.8 | Dem | 47.4% | 24.2% | $551 | 42.7% | 14 |
| 03 | Toole County | 4,509 | 3.8 | Rep | 43.3% | 23.0% | $928 | 32.6% | 9 |
| 04 | Liberty County | 1,375 | 3.8 | Rep | 52.4% | 32.1% | $720 | 53.3% | 8 |
| 05 | Roosevelt County | 4,243 | 3.8 | IND | 34.4% | 19.6% | $804 | 28.4% | 4 |
| 06 | Rosebud County | 7,446 | 3.7 | Rep | 37.7% | 21.3% | $662 | 29.1% | 7 |
| 07 | Ravalli County | 11,927 | 3.7 | Rep | 41.9% | 27.4% | $1,047 | 10.4% | 10 |
| 08 | Hill County | 14,795 | 3.7 | Rep | 50.7% | 20.8% | $662 | 22.4% | 22 |
| 09 | Pondera County | 4,158 | 3.7 | Rep | 30.6% | 31.4% | $926 | 44.7% | 14 |
| 10 | Fergus County | 7,324 | 3.7 | Rep | 47.0% | 26.2% | $951 | 25.5% | 14 |
| 11 | Granite County | 1,298 | 3.7 | Rep | 41.6% | 35.7% | $929 | 16.6% | 4 |
| 12 | Big Horn County | 7,574 | 3.6 | Dem | 34.8% | 16.0% | $584 | 25.6% | 8 |
| 13 | Blaine County | 4,967 | 3.6 | IND | 36.3% | 17.6% | $600 | 20.5% | 12 |
| 14 | Lake County | 16,052 | 3.6 | Rep | 31.9% | 29.1% | $914 | 21.1% | 26 |
| 15 | Carbon County | 5,997 | 3.6 | Rep | 28.0% | 23.3% | $899 | 17.1% | 14 |
| 16 | Prairie County | 679 | 3.6 | Rep | 17.5% | 25.5% | $961 | 40.1% | 2 |
| 17 | Gallatin County | 86,817 | 3.5 | Dem | 33.7% | 29.5% | $1,519 | 9.5% | 16 |
| 18 | Missoula County | 99,067 | 3.5 | Dem | 28.4% | 28.4% | $1,233 | 11.5% | 18 |
| 19 | McCone County | 986 | 3.5 | Rep | 38.5% | 22.2% | $576 | 19.6% | 5 |
| 20 | Park County | 12,355 | 3.5 | Rep | 32.0% | 27.6% | $879 | 13.0% | 13 |
| 21 | Meagher County | 1,035 | 3.5 | Rep | 43.6% | 13.5% | $1,315 | 20.0% | 4 |
| 22 | Sanders County | 4,221 | 3.4 | Rep | 27.6% | 35.2% | $684 | 17.6% | 11 |
| 23 | Beaverhead County | 4,606 | 3.4 | Rep | 42.7% | 23.7% | $808 | 25.4% | 8 |
| 24 | Deer Lodge County | 9,707 | 3.4 | Dem | 22.9% | 29.3% | $623 | 10.8% | 2 |
| 25 | Flathead County | 67,201 | 3.4 | Rep | 29.8% | 28.0% | $1,088 | 11.3% | 22 |
| 26 | Lincoln County | 10,552 | 3.4 | Rep | 26.6% | 33.4% | $788 | 23.3% | 16 |
| 27 | Phillips County | 2,687 | 3.4 | Rep | 35.5% | 20.2% | $573 | 30.7% | 8 |
| 28 | Richland County | 8,128 | 3.3 | Rep | 36.3% | 20.8% | $865 | 7.9% | 6 |
| 29 | Teton County | 3,209 | 3.3 | Rep | 29.7% | 21.2% | $718 | 18.1% | 9 |
| 30 | Lewis and Clark County | 65,083 | 3.3 | IND | 15.5% | 22.1% | $1,364 | 14.6% | 13 |
| 31 | Silver Bow County | 36,246 | 3.3 | Dem | 20.9% | 27.6% | $908 | 15.9% | 7 |
| 32 | Carter County | 289 | 3.3 | Rep | 23.9% | 27.0% | $646 | 39.5% | 2 |
| 33 | Judith Basin County | 936 | 3.3 | Rep | 29.3% | 20.4% | $784 | 21.5% | 11 |
| 34 | Mineral County | 2,144 | 3.3 | Rep | 30.4% | 32.1% | $814 | 14.6% | 7 |
| 35 | Valley County | 4,374 | 3.3 | Rep | 16.3% | 26.1% | $751 | 14.0% | 6 |
| 36 | Broadwater County | 6,563 | 3.3 | Rep | 21.2% | 42.0% | $1,076 | 15.3% | 9 |
| 37 | Cascade County | 71,049 | 3.3 | Rep | 33.3% | 30.0% | $932 | 25.9% | 23 |
| 38 | Powell County | 3,589 | 3.3 | Rep | 26.6% | 17.2% | $831 | 6.6% | 7 |
| 39 | Jefferson County | 9,686 | 3.2 | Rep | 22.1% | 25.0% | $1,136 | 8.5% | 12 |
| 40 | Dawson County | 7,187 | 3.2 | Rep | 29.9% | 18.5% | $746 | 8.8% | 5 |
| 41 | Chouteau County | 2,941 | 3.2 | Rep | 19.6% | 21.2% | $643 | 13.7% | 8 |
| 42 | Wheatland County | 1,625 | 3.2 | Rep | 27.7% | 17.3% | $737 | 28.4% | 8 |
| 43 | Madison County | 2,682 | 3.2 | Rep | 21.9% | 27.4% | $892 | 17.2% | 13 |
| 44 | Sheridan County | 2,656 | 3.2 | Rep | 25.2% | 27.2% | $608 | 15.3% | 9 |
| 45 | Fallon County | 1,698 | 3.2 | Rep | 27.2% | 21.0% | $776 | 10.4% | 2 |
| 46 | Garfield County | 321 | 3.2 | Rep | 28.6% | 16.8% | $811 | 4.9% | 1 |
| 47 | Powder River County | 500 | 3.2 | Rep | 34.2% | 14.7% | $523 | 3.2% | 2 |
| 48 | Treasure County | 450 | 3.2 | Rep | 25.5% | 17.7% | $489 | 18.0% | 2 |
| 49 | Wibaux County | 672 | 3.2 | Rep | 20.4% | 11.5% | $934 | 14.2% | 1 |
| 50 | Stillwater County | 4,049 | 3.2 | Rep | 25.3% | 20.5% | $910 | 10.3% | 8 |
| 51 | Musselshell County | 2,633 | 3.2 | Rep | 16.6% | 28.4% | $915 | 18.8% | 7 |
| 52 | Golden Valley County | 645 | 3.2 | Rep | 17.5% | 22.2% | $738 | 21.2% | 5 |
| 53 | Daniels County | 984 | 3.2 | Rep | 24.9% | 22.0% | $573 | 12.6% | 4 |
| 54 | Custer County | 8,408 | 3.2 | Rep | 24.1% | 28.6% | $769 | 10.4% | 2 |
| 55 | Sweet Grass County | 1,856 | 3.2 | Rep | 21.3% | 21.8% | $1,109 | 9.9% | 4 |
| 56 | Petroleum County | 204 | 3.1 | Rep | 21.2% | 25.3% | $820 | 6.4% | 1 |
Understanding county eviction risk in Montana
Montana's 56 counties span eviction-risk scores from 3.1 in Petroleum County to 3.8 in Yellowstone County , a 0.7-point gap that captures how unevenly rent burdens, renter populations, and local tenant politics are distributed across the state. The statewide average sits at 3.4/10 (Low), but that single figure hides far more than it reveals, the table above scores every county on the same 1–10 scale so you can see exactly where landlord exposure concentrates.
The counties carrying the most eviction risk, Yellowstone County, Glacier County, Toole County, are Montana's denser, higher-cost markets. In Broadwater County, renters spend an average of 42% of household income on rent, and 21% of its homes are renter-occupied, the cost pressure that pushes filings up and pulls tenant-protection ordinances into local politics. Larger metros also concentrate the legal-aid networks and renter-organizing capacity that lift a county's score above the rural baseline.
At the other end of the table, Petroleum County, Sweet Grass County, Custer County score lowest. These tend to be smaller, more rural counties where homeownership is the norm, rent-to-income ratios run lower, and local rent-control or just-cause ordinances are rare or state-preempted. Evictions still happen there, but the structural pressure that drives a high score (heavy rent burden, a large renter majority, organized tenant advocacy) is simply weaker.
Each county score is a population-weighted aggregate of every city scored inside it, so a county with one expensive urban core and a dozen quiet suburbs lands somewhere in between. Click any county row to drill into its cities ranked one by one, a zoomed heat map, and a full breakdown of rent burden, renter share, poverty rate, and political margin. For the statutes that apply statewide regardless of county, notice periods, security-deposit caps, just-cause and rent-control rules, see the Montana state overview.