What is the median rent in Rocky Boy West, MT?

Name: Median rent in Rocky Boy West, MT, 2020–2024
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The median gross rent in Rocky Boy West, MT is $415 (±$52) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 221 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Rocky Boy West, the median gross rent went from $267 in 2015–2019 to $415 in 2020–2024 (+55.4%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $415 (±$52)
Rented homes: 221 (±70)
$2,000 or more: 0.9%
Since 2015–2019: +55.4%

How much rent costs in Rocky Boy West

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Rocky Boy West	Hill County	Montana	United States
Less than $500	86.9% (±10.0 points)	21.9%	9.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	6.8% (±6.4 points)	48.9%	34.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	5.4% (±7.3 points)	22.9%	30.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±12.7 points)	4.7%	14.4%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±12.7 points)	1.5%	7.1%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±12.7 points)	0.0%	2.0%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.9% (±2.0 points)	0.1%	2.3%	6.8%

The most common range is Less than $500, paid by 86.9% of renting households.

0.9% of rented homes in Rocky Boy West cost $2,000 or more a month.

Rocky Boy West against Hill County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Rocky Boy West	Hill County	Montana	United States
Median gross rent	$415 (±$52)	$776 (±$57)	$1,081 (±$14)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	221 (±70)	1,753 (±213)	129,539 (±2,163)	42,849,984

In Rocky Boy West, median gross rent is lower than in Hill County ($776).

It is also lower than in Montana ($1,081).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Statewide, it ranks 138 of 140.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Rocky Boy West has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$267 (±$72)	$415 (±$52)	+55.4%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	88.7% (±6.8 points)	83.0% (±7.5 points)	−5.7 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	1.3% (±2.0 points)	0.0% (±11.6 points)	−1.3 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Rocky Boy West

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Rocky Boy West
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Rocky Boy West	—	$415 (±$52)	—
Big Sandy	9.9 mi	$550 (±$485)	Not measurably different
Havre	22 mi	$844 (±$135)	Higher
Chinook	40 mi	$763 (±$451)	Not measurably different
Fort Benton	45 mi	$736 (±$146)	Higher
Chester	47 mi	$720 (±$181)	Higher
Geraldine	50 mi	$569 (±$48)	Higher
Harlem	58 mi	$824 (±$50)	Higher
Winifred	58 mi	$529 (±$153)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Havre, MT ($844), Fort Benton, MT ($736), Chester, MT ($720).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Rocky Boy West is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Rocky Boy West

What is the average rent in Rocky Boy West, MT?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Rocky Boy West is $415 (±$52) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Rocky Boy West?

In Rocky Boy West, the median gross rent went from $267 in 2015–2019 to $415 in 2020–2024 (+55.4%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Rocky Boy West cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.9% of rented homes in Rocky Boy West have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 86.9% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Rocky Boy West higher than in Hill County?

In Rocky Boy West, median gross rent is lower than in Hill County ($776).

It is also lower than in Montana ($1,081).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Rocky Boy West CDP, Montana (place:63928, in state:30).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.