Photo: Eddyl · CC BY-SA 4.0Renting in Browning: a two-bedroom costs about $1,180
Browning is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
Housing in Browning, in brief
Owning can cost less than renting
With 20% down at the calculator’s rate, the typical Browning home runs about $680 a month with tax and insurance. A two-bedroom rents for about $1,180. Can I afford it? ↓
Prices are 8% below their 2025 peak
The typical Browning home peaked at $129K in January 2025 and is worth about $119K now. Across Montana, values are at or near their high. Over five years, Browning is still up 26%. Price trend ↓
Written from the data on this page. Home values are the Zillow Home Value Index, through September 2026; permits are Census figures through 2014 (2014 partly estimated); incomes, rents paid, taxes and ownership come from the Census American Community Survey, which has wide margins in a place this size.
Why Browning isn’t graded
The grade needs at least two of four Census figures: home value, rent, property tax and the share of households paying 30% or more for housing.
Next door, North Browning grades A for cost of living.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,180
Renters already here pay a median of $589, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Glacier County, MT): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Property tax runs below the Montana norm
The median bill is $820 (Montana: $2,693), 0.54% of a home’s value a year, against 0.72% statewide.
Census American Community Survey 2020–24: the median real-estate tax bill homeowners report, and that bill ÷ the median home value. Bills include town, school and county taxes. The Census reports bills over $10,000 only as “$10,000+”.
Browning vs. its neighbors
Of the 1 towns here with a Zillow value, Browning has the lowest. North Browning and South Browning have no Zillow value, so they are in the table only.
Cost next door · one source per column
| Town | Cost | Typical home Zillow, September 2026 | Median value Census 2020–24 | Tax rate bill ÷ value | 2-bed rent HUD 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browning | – | $119K | $152K | 0.54% | $1,180 |
| North Browning | A | — | $188K | 0.11% | $1,180 |
| South Browning | A | — | $73K | 0.27% | $1,180 |
“—” under Cost: not graded (too little Census data, or under 1,000 residents). “—” under Zillow: Zillow publishes no value for that town, so it’s left blank rather than mixed with Census figures.
Questions about the cost of living in Browning
How much is rent in Browning?
HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $1,180 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in. Renters already here pay a median of $589 (Census 2020–24).
What are property taxes in Browning?
The median bill is $820 a year, 0.54% of the median home value (Montana: $2,693, 0.72%), from the Census 2020–24.
Why doesn’t Browning have a cost of living grade?
Browning is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
Neighbors talk housing
What Browning buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, September 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer. Regional price levels: BEA; electricity: EIA. How TownRatings grades cost of living.