Cost of Living in Cut Bank

Cut Bank's cost of living runs genuinely favorable on housing and rent even as a real, disclosed property tax premium applies.

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Genuinely, dramatically affordable housing and rent

Cut Bank's ~$171,568 average home value and rent (median ~$750/month) both run dramatically below national and Montana statewide averages (base record).

A real, disclosed property tax premium

Cut Bank's 1.09% effective property tax rate runs above both Glacier County's 1.08% median and Montana's own 0.74% statewide anchor -- a real, disclosed premium even amid low home values (base record).

Montana's real 5.65% top income tax rate, no sales tax

Montana's real, current two-bracket income tax (4.7%/5.65%) applies in Cut Bank as statewide, alongside Montana's genuine NOMAD no-general-sales-tax status (base record).

A real, disclosed income-data contradiction

This record discloses a real, unresolved cross-source contradiction in Cut Bank's median household income figures ($33,326 vs. a separately cited $55,848) rather than picking one (base record).

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-28. Independent research; not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.