Missoula — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.
In ZIP code 59851, near Missoula, household earnings tell an unusual story: the median household income sits at just $18,883, while per-capita income reaches $61,540, a gap that hints at many small or single-person households rather than broad affluence. Homes here carry a median value of $225,000, taxed at a county-level effective rate of 0.88%. No sales tax applies within this ZIP, so purchases escape that added cost entirely. The result is a place where property ownership carries a real annual obligation, but everyday spending does not, and where household-level earnings lag well behind the area's per-person figures.