Updated Jul 2026

The Northwest Montana market, in numbers

Real public data on home values, trends, and rates. The same numbers we watch, shared straight.

Right Now

Where values stand

Lincoln County$431,764typical home value · +0.0% past year · +38.8% past 5 years
Flathead County$652,673typical home value · +1.2% past year · +27.2% past 5 years
30-Year Mortgage6.67%national average, August 13, 2026
The Trend

Eleven years, two counties

Typical home value, last 11 years

Flathead CountyLincoln County
$150k$300k$450k$600k201620182020202220242026Flathead$653kLincoln$432k

Zillow Home Value Index (typical mid-tier home, smoothed, seasonally adjusted) through Jul 2026. Lincoln County includes Eureka, the Tobacco Valley, and Libby. Flathead County includes Whitefish, Kalispell, Columbia Falls, and Bigfork.

Town by Town

What a home costs in each community

Whitefish$875,317+0.7% past year · +29.4% past 5 yrs
Bigfork$806,836+1.9% past year · +29.4% past 5 yrs
Columbia Falls$614,519+1.0% past year · +30.7% past 5 yrs
Kalispell$565,555+1.0% past year · +23.6% past 5 yrs
Eureka$536,717+2.2% past year · +39.8% past 5 yrs
Libby$348,919-2.3% past year · +40.7% past 5 yrs

Typical home value by community (Zillow Home Value Index). Five-year trend shown.

The two counties we work most tell two different stories. Flathead County, home to Whitefish, Kalispell, and Columbia Falls, is Northwest Montana's premium market: a typical home now runs $652,673, +141.4% over the last decade. Lincoln County, our Tobacco Valley home base including Eureka and Libby, sits at $431,764, +136.5% over the same stretch, and remains the region's value play: similar country, similar recreation, a friendlier price of admission.

What the chart does not show is the segment detail underneath: waterfront, ranch ground, and in-town homes each move on their own rhythm, and county-level numbers blend them together. That is where forty years of watching individual sales matters. If you want to know what these trends mean for a specific property, or for your own, that conversation is free.

Numbers are the backdrop. Property is the decision.

Talk to the team that has watched this market since 1984.

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