Charlos HeightsMT
Home to 163 people, this town lies in Montana.
Is Charlos Heights a good place to live?
1.4% of working residents work locally in Charlos Heights, below both Montana’s towns (39%) and U.S. towns (8%). Among 43 Montana towns, just 2 have a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Charlos Heights. Charlos Heights’ concentration of trails is 1.2 miles per square mile, against 0.6 in Montana’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Charlos Heights has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
163 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Charlos Heights: who provides what
Charlos Heights is unincorporated, so Ravalli County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Charlos Heights.
The FEMA risk score in Charlos Heights is higher than in most of Montana or the rest of the country
FEMA puts 45% of Charlos Heights’s expected hazard losses down to wildfires, and 40% to avalanches. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 96% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About two in five of Charlos Heights’ working residents commute to Hamilton
For most workers, Charlos Heights is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. 4.9% of residents live below the poverty line in the town. The top destinations are Hamilton (39%), Missoula (12%) and Billings (4%). Half of commuters travel less than 13 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Charlos Heights brings four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 85° and January nights drop to 19°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Charlos Heights is
Among adults in Charlos Heights, 15% report frequent mental distress. This Montana town does better than the Montana average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1.
| Charlos Heights | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 32% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 21% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 72% | 79% |
| What stands out | Charlos Heights | MT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7% | 12.3% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.3% | 6.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 9.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Charlos Heights keeps 1% of its land conserved
1.4 miles of trail. Among 43 Montana towns, just 3 have a lower share of conserved land than Charlos Heights.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Charlos Heights sells for about $822K
For households in Charlos Heights, the share who own their home is 53%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Charlos Heights
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Charlos Heights; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Charlos Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Montana.
99% of working residents leave Charlos Heights for work
Where Charlos Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Charlos Heights
Census-designated place in Montana, United States
Charlos Heights or Charlo's Heights (Salish: nkʷalíʔps ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ravalli County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Charlos Heights had a population of 135.
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- Area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3,741 ft
Questions about Charlos Heights
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Charlos Heights, MT a good place to live?
Charlos Heights has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.