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. Wye’s density of trails 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
Wye’s average commute is 15 minutes, below both Montana’s towns (17 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Most working residents leave Wye for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Wye grew to 1,073 in 2023, 174 more than in 2013. In Wye, 2.7% of residents live below the poverty line.
| 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
13% of Wye adults report frequent physical distress. Among 42 Montana towns, just 3 have a higher share of adults who binge drink than Wye. CDC measures, 32 in all: Wye beats Montana on 12 and trails on 1.
| 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
Wye has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from avalanches
Wye’s natural-hazard score from FEMA is 28 of 100. Expected losses in Wye break down as 59% from avalanches and 15% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Wye
The range runs from 19° on a January night to 86° on a July afternoon, with about 43 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.1% of the land in Wye is protected from building
Only 2 of the 43 Montana towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Wye. 3.4 miles of trail.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Wye sells for about $587K at the median
The median rent for Wye comes to $1,802 a month. Homes sold in Wye spent a median 372 days on the market. The share of households in Wye who are owner-occupiers: 63%.
| 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. The typical home is worth about $569,000, 22% above the Montana typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.