Living here
Cost of living in Whitefish
Housing is much more expensive than the US average. Rents, home prices, taxes and how far a paycheck goes.
Median rent
$1,313/mo
3% below US
Median home value
$648,200
114% above US
Median household income
$71,110
9% below US
Rent as share of income
22%
US 21%
Home price to income
9.1×
US 3.9×
Sales tax
0%
Rent by number of bedrooms
HUD 2027 fair market rents for Flathead County, MT (gross rent including utilities, near the 40th percentile of local rents). Source: HUD USER.
How Whitefish compares
Taxes
Questions
Is Whitefish expensive to live in?
Housing in Whitefish is much more expensive than the national average: median rent is $1,313 (3% below US) and the median home value is $648,200 (114% above US).
How much is rent in Whitefish?
The median gross rent is $1,313 a month. HUD’s 2027 fair market rents for the area are studio $1,277, 1 bedroom $1,286, 2 bedrooms $1,682, 3 bedrooms $2,263, 4 bedrooms $2,626.
How much of their income do renters spend in Whitefish?
At the median, a year’s rent ($15,756) equals about 22% of the median household income ($71,110); nationally it’s about 21%.
What are taxes like in Whitefish?
Sales tax is 0% and property taxes run about 0.55% of home value a year.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates; HUD fair market rents; Montana Department of Revenue, Local Resort Tax (current resort areas and rates).