MT area data
Buffalo, MT
Buffalo, MT.
Population: 142 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 724.8 (-1.8% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Below Average)
- 94.6 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 13.0¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $9.00/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- coldWave, winterWeather, lightning
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 42.0°F
- Average high
- 55.0°F
- Average low
- 29.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 24.2 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 40
- Days with Good air quality
- 312
- Days with Unhealthy air quality
- 1
Amenities
- Nearest airport
- Lucier Ranch Airport (5 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Lewistown Municipal Airport (LWT) (17 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 1
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (3.8 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,973
- Median annual property tax
- $4,250
- Households with broadband internet
- 95.7%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 3,665
- Average weekly wage
- $883
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Construction
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