WheatlandMT
A town of 1,661.
Is Wheatland a good place to live?
The best of Wheatland’s subject grades is an A− for health; the weakest is a D for walkability. Only 2 of Montana’s 95 towns score lower on walkability. The typical home is worth about $739K, 9.4 years of the Helena metro’s $79K median household income. Of the 43 Montana towns we compare, none has a higher share of households owning their home than Wheatland. No town in Montana scores lower than Wheatland on history. Wheatland has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
93% of working residents leave Wheatland for work
Where Wheatland’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wheatland grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Montana), ordered by how far Wheatland is from typical.
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Moving to Wheatland: who provides what
Wheatland is unincorporated, so Broadwater 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 Wheatland.
Wheatland is healthier than 77% of U.S. towns
Wheatland beats the Montana average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 23% of Wheatland adults binge drink, against 20% in Montana’s towns and 16% across U.S. towns. 70% of adults had a checkup this year in Wheatland.
| Wheatland | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 20% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 72% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8% | 10% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 36% |
| What stands out | Wheatland | MT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.3% | 12.3% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.7% | 3.5% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 69.5% | 73.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.7 jobs for every working resident, most of Wheatland’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Wheatland for work: only 7% work in town. At $123,000, Wheatland’s median household income is above both Montana’s towns ($67,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Jobs based in Wheatland grew to 399 in 2023, 132 more than in 2013.
| Wheatland | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $123,000 | $67,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.6% | 39% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 17 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Wheatland
Wheatland has chilly winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 16° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Montana overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (37% statewide); people 65 and older are 13% of residents (20% statewide). 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Montana.
| Wheatland | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 30% | 29% |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 38.9 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8.6 points. Across Montana, 49.3% of residents are women.
| Wheatland | MT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.6% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 15.7% | 10% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.2% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.3% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.1% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 20.3% | 11.1% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.1% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.8% | 12.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.1% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.1% | 5.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.1% | 27.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.4% | 22.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.1% | 9.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.3% | 23.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5% | 12% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Missouri Headwaters State Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Wheatland
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Wheatland
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Wheatland; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Wheatland residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Montana.
About Wheatland
Census-designated place in Montana, United States
Wheatland is a census-designated place (CDP) in Broadwater County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wheatland had a population of 1,103.
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- Area
- 75 sq mi
- Elevation
- 4,175 ft
Questions about Wheatland
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wheatland, MT expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.