Missoula vs Orchard Homes

A side-by-side comparison of Missoula and Orchard Homes: population, income, housing, and more.

Missoula and Orchard Homes are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Missoula has the higher population (75,600 vs 5,280 in Orchard Homes). Orchard Homes has the higher median household income ($68,649 vs $65,329 in Missoula). Orchard Homes has the higher median home value ($473,100 vs $427,400 in Missoula).

Population, income & housing

	Missoula	Orchard Homes
Population	75,600	5,280
Median age	34.3 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,329	$68,649
Median home value	$427,400	$473,100
Median gross rent	$1,120	$962
Housing units	36,310	2,344
Homeownership rate	47.8%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Missoula	Orchard Homes
Population	73,710 → 75,600 (+2.6%)	5,847 → 5,280 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$47,426 → $65,329 (+37.7%)	$67,533 → $68,649 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$279,700 → $427,400 (+52.8%)	$312,000 → $473,100 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $1,120 (+30.4%)	$958 → $962 (+0.4%)

Missoula

Population

73,71075,600

Median household income

$47,426$65,329

Median home value

$279,700$427,400

Median gross rent

$859$1,120

Orchard Homes

Population

5,8475,280

Median household income

$67,533$68,649

Median home value

$312,000$473,100

Median gross rent

$958$962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Missoula	Orchard Homes
Under 5	3.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.2%	10.7%
18 to 24	16.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	18.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	13.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	9.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.1%
75 and over	5.4%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Missoula	Orchard Homes
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Missoula	Orchard Homes
No high school diploma	3.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	17.4%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Missoula	Orchard Homes
Drove alone	67.5%	70.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	10.1%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	4.1%	9.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	6.2%
Other means	0.6%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Missoula	Orchard Homes
1-unit, detached	49.4%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	13.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Missoula	Orchard Homes
Poverty rate	12.8%	9.7%
Average household size	2.14	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	17	15
Median year structure built	1981	1976