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Finley Point is a tiny town of 479 people in Lake County, Montana. It's about 61 miles from Missoula, MT and 385 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 44 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $555k and rent runs about $1k a month.
479people
$555kTypical home
$1,034/moRent
82° / 33°Summer / winter
44"Snow
175Sunny days
134Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 479
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 112 people per sq mi
- 385 mi to Seattle, WA
- 61 mi to Missoula, MT
- 34 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $555k (≈$3,500/mo)
- Median rent $1,034/mo
- Median household income $66k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Dry summers (dew point 46°F)
- 175 sunny days a year (67 totally clear)
- 190 cloudy days a year
- 67 of 90 winter days are gray
- 134 days a year with rain or snow
- 44" of snow a year
- 17 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 12 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (479 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,096 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 65
- 15% of households have kids
- 36% are 65 or older
- 37% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 40 mi to FCA airport
- 161 mi to GEG (major hub)
- 52 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1986
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 2,887 ft
- 376 mi to the ocean
- 1 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 23 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 48 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 18 bars within 25 mi
- 10 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 34 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 41% of Montana districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 59 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 29 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 60 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lake County: R+20 in 2024
- Montana: R+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk