Missoula is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Montana. With a population of 76,955 people and 22 associated neighborhoods, Missoula is the second largest community in Montana.

Missoula home prices are not only among the most expensive in Montana, but Missoula real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Also of interest is that Missoula has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.68% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Missoula, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Missoula is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Missoula a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.91 minutes getting to work every day.

If knowledge is power, Missoula is a pretty powerful place. 50.30% of the adults in Missoula have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Missoula in 2022 was $39,374, which is wealthy relative to Montana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $157,496 for a family of four. However, Missoula contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Missoula is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Missoula home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Missoula residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Missoula include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Missoula is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.