Demographics of Billings city, Montana

Billings city, Montana had 121,239 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +4,021 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Billings city, in four figures

121,239
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 119,434 ±59.; +3.4%
Change since July 2020: +4,021 people.; 38.8 ±0.6
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $73,712 ±$3,113
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Billings city, Montana's population grew 3.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Billings city, Montana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Billings city, Montana's population grew 3.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Billings city, Montana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	117,218	100.0	100.0
2021	117,751	100.5	100.2
2022	119,885	102.3	100.7
2023	120,671	102.9	101.6
2024	121,445	103.6	102.5
2025	121,239	103.4	103.1

Population of Billings city, Montana on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	117,218	—
2021	117,751	+533
2022	119,885	+2,134
2023	120,671	+786
2024	121,445	+774
2025	121,239	−206

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 38.8 ±0.6: for men 37.7 ±0.7 and for women 40.5 ±1.0. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Billings city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Montana	United States
Under 5	6,782 ±389	5.7% ±0.3	5.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	19,462 ±935	16.3% ±0.8	15.8% ±0.2	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	10,393 ±833	8.7% ±0.7	9.0% ±0.2	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	33,880 ±1,035	28.4% ±0.9	25.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	26,407 ±1,047	22.1% ±0.9	24.1% ±0.2	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	22,510 ±1,090	18.8% ±0.9	20.1% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $73,712 ±$3,113, and income per person $43,934 ±$2,047, in 2024 dollars. The median is $72,509 ±$761 in Montana and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Billings city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Montana	United States
Under $25,000	7,140 ±742	14.0% ±1.4	15.0% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	10,004 ±895	19.6% ±1.7	19.4% ±0.5	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	8,776 ±821	17.2% ±1.6	17.3% ±0.4	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	6,768 ±668	13.3% ±1.3	13.6% ±0.4	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	9,263 ±895	18.2% ±1.7	17.4% ±0.4	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	4,247 ±460	8.3% ±0.9	8.2% ±0.3	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	4,796 ±714	9.4% ±1.4	9.0% ±0.3	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Billings city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Montana	United States
All ages	11,443 ±1,171	9.8% ±1.0	11.5% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	2,777 ±516	10.8% ±1.9	12.7% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	5,689 ±699	9.3% ±1.1	11.7% ±0.4	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	2,977 ±446	10.2% ±1.5	10.3% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Billings city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Billings city	Montana	United States
Housing units	54,346 ±504	528,419 ±3,257	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	93.8% ±1.0	86.8% ±0.5	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	6.2% ±1.0	13.2% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	64.8% ±1.4	69.2% ±0.6	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	35.2% ±1.7	30.8% ±0.4	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$343,400 ±$6,335	$375,800 ±$3,433	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,138 ±$38	$1,081 ±$14	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1980 ±2	1981 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Billings city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Montana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	8,857 ±530	7.4% ±0.4	4.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	98,541 ±848	82.5% ±0.7	83.6% ±0.2	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	507 ±141	0.4% ±0.1	0.4% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	967 ±239	0.8% ±0.2	0.8% ±0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	4,717 ±486	3.9% ±0.4	5.3% ±0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 127	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	70 to 340	0.1% to 0.3%	0.5% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	5,582 ±697	4.7% ±0.6	4.7% ±0.2	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Billings city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Montana	United States
Born in the state	69,153 ±1,980	57.9% ±1.7	52.1% ±0.5	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	47,077 ±1,859	39.4% ±1.6	44.8% ±0.4	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	717 ±250	0.6% ±0.2	0.8% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	2,487 ±463	2.1% ±0.4	2.3% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,101 ±241	0.9% ±0.2	1.2% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,386 ±394	1.2% ±0.3	1.1% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Billings city among the places of Montana

1st of 26 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Montana page.

Places of Montana near Billings city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Billings city	119,434 ±59
Missoula city	76,514 ±45
Great Falls city	60,329 ±45
Bozeman city	56,114 ±33
Butte-Silver Bow (balance)	35,052 ±191
Helena city	33,639 ±59

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Billings city, Montana

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places in Montana by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 2 Places in Montana by foreign-born share
No. 3 Places in Montana by median rent
No. 3 Places in Montana by per capita income
No. 4 Places in Montana by median household income
No. 7 Places in Montana by poverty rate

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026