WyeMT
A town of 1,055.
Is Wye a good place to live?
Wye’s best subject grades are an A− for health and incomes; its weakest is a D for cost of living. 32% of residents are under 18 in Wye, where Montana’s towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 22%. Only 2 of Montana’s 95 towns score lower on cost of living. Wye's schools outperform 68% of the state's. Wye’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile, above both the Montana town median (0.6) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Wye has 1 place on the National Register. Wye has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Wye stand out
Where Wye beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
| Widest gap | Wye | MT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.8% | 12.3% |
1,055 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Wye grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Montana), ordered by how far Wye is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wye: who provides what
Wye is unincorporated, so Missoula 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 Wye.
More than half of Wye’s working residents commute to Missoula
Most working residents leave Wye for work: only 5% work in town. The average trip to work in Wye is 15 minutes. Jobs based in Wye grew to 1,073 in 2023, 174 more than in 2013.
| Wye | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 5.5% | 39% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 15 minutes | 17 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Compared with most of Montana and the rest of the country, fewer of Wye’s adults sleep under 7 hours
27% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Wye. Among 42 Montana towns, just 3 have a higher share of adults who binge drink than Wye. 17% of adults get no exercise outside work in Wye.
| Wye | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 20% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 32% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 72% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 21% | 25% |
| What stands out | Wye | MT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.8% | 12.3% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 5.5% | 7% |
| More binge drinkers | 24.3% | 20.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Low risk in Wye, with avalanches at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Wye, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Wye has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 19° and about 43 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 0.1% of Wye
3.4 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Only 2 of the 43 Montana towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Wye.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Wye sells for about $587K at the median
Wye’s median rent is $1,802 a month.
| Wye | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,802 a month | $1,000 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 63% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lake Missoula and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wye. Close and well known come first.
in town LakeLake Missoula8 mi Ski areaMontana Snowbowl64 runs · 2,538 ft vertical
26 mi Park & preserveCSKT Bison Range
9 mi TheatreWilma Theater9 mi MuseumMissoula Art Museum
9 mi MuseumMontana Museum of Art & CulturePhoto credits
Lake Missoula: USGS, Public domain · CSKT Bison Range: Paul Frederickson, CC BY 2.5 · Wilma Theater: Publichall, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Montana Museum of Art & Culture: DocFreeman24, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Wye
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Wye
About 3 of every 100 Wye residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Montana.
Every workday, about 1,052 people come to Wye for work
Where Wye’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Wye
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wye, MT expensive?
Yes. That is 7.6 years of the area's median household income ($74,989 across the Missoula, MT metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.