Living in Corvallis, MT
Corvallis is a small town of 1,227 people in Ravalli County, Montana. It's about 39 miles from Missoula, MT and 398 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 36°F, with about 30 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $363k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,227people
$363kTypical home
$1,363/moRent
85° / 36°Summer / winter
30"Snow
182Sunny days
111Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,227
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 2,127 people per sq mi
- 398 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 39 mi to Missoula, MT
- 39 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $363k (≈$2,290/mo)
- Median rent $1,363/mo
- Median household income $78k
- Property tax about 0.3% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 36°F
- Dry summers (dew point 43°F)
- 182 sunny days a year (79 totally clear)
- 183 cloudy days a year
- 63 of 90 winter days are gray
- 111 days a year with rain or snow
- 30" of snow a year
- 10 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 19 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (218 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (687 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 35% of households have kids
- 25% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 40 min
- 7% walk or take transit to work
- 42 mi to MSO airport
- 185 mi to GEG (major hub)
- 151 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2002
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 3,478 ft
- 395 mi to the ocean
- 97 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 40 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 32 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 9 bars within 25 mi
- 4 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 6 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 39 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 46% of Montana districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 42 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 37 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Ravalli County: R+41 in 2024
- Montana: R+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.