Cascade County, MT real estate

What the numbers say

Cascade County, MT real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in Cascade County listed for $428,750, down 0.2% from a year earlier. That is 32% below the Montana median of $635,000.

Homes spent a median of 56 days on the market, faster than 60 days a year ago. That makes Cascade County the #2 fastest-selling of 6 Montana counties we track.

Homeowners in Cascade County pay a median of $2,320 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $265,300, an effective rate of about 0.87%. The Montana average is 0.72%, which makes Cascade County the #45 lowest-tax of 56 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $939 a month, and $967 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 38 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $429,000 home here comes to about $2,829 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $121,000 a year (the median household here earns $67,690).