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Comparing Whitefish vs Belgrade vs Bozeman

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Headline numbers

Whitefish

MT

$2,540

YoY change
+3.3%
Vacancy
12.1%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
38.3%

Belgrade

MT

$2,150

YoY change
+1.2%
Vacancy
5.6%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
43.9%

Bozeman

MT

$2,127

YoY change
+0.0%
Vacancy
5.0%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
55.3%

All values from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse. Updated March 2026. See methodology.

Rent index — overlaid, last 5 years

ZORI rent index — Whitefish vs Belgrade vs Bozeman

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Demographics & income

Metric WhitefishBelgradeBozeman
Median household income $73,811$97,328$85,747
Median age 44.433.328.9
Renter household share 38.3%43.9%55.3%
YoY rent change +3.3%+1.2%+0.0%
Cap rate (overall)
$/unit (MFR)

Demographics: Census ACS5 2019-2024. Rent & cap rate: NGP-Rental-Data warehouse (see methodology). Cells marked "—" mean the metric isn't available for that geography in any free public source we ingest.