Montana has become one of the clearest examples of how housing affordability is reshaping who can live in the Mountain West.

I first moved from Colorado to Bozeman, Montana, in 2012 for a publishing job. Immediately, the picturesque city felt like home. My community felt small, vibrant, athletic, and artsy. I loved being ...

Despite having the third lowest population density in the U.S., approximately 36,775 people moved to Montana in 2023 — a 23.65% decrease from the previous year. Before 2023, the state had maintained ...

Grimes moved to the Bitterroot Valley in Montana in 2020 with his wife, Bianca Rodrigues Grimes. They decided to move there after Grimes fell in love with the area while filming Yellowstone, and ...