Quality of Life
A Vibrant Place to Call Home
Quality of Life
Butte’s beautiful neighborhoods, excellent restaurants, and expansive outdoor recreation opportunities all contribute to a vibrant place to call home. Our community values connections between all of its residents who come together frequently to celebrate and support one another.
Housing
Within Butte, our neighborhoods have their own unique look and feel. You can choose to live downtown near commercial centers, adjacent to historic business districts, or on acreage outside of town. No matter where you choose to put roots, access to clean and safe urban trails, bike lanes, and little traffic congestion, means running your errands and getting to your job is always easy and convenient.
Whether you seek condominium style living, an investment property, contemporary family style living, or something in between, our neighborhoods have something for everyone. You can count on your dollar going further in Butte, with the average home value in Butte coming in around $241,420*. Our cost of living is 91% – 9% less than the US and 3% less than Montana.*
*Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research, updated 2024.
Education
The small town feel of Butte, Montana makes it an incredible place to raise a family. Within Butte-Silver Bow County, there are 47 licensed day care providers to take care of your little ones, 13 public schools, and 3 private schools for K-12. You will always have a quality choice for your child’s education. In addition, Montana Technological University (Montana Tech) is the state’s leading college for engineering and nursing. Highlands College offers 2-year degrees, technical and trade options.
For more information, view the Butte-Silver Bow County website.
community
With a little over 36,000 residents, Butte-Silver Bow County is the perfect size community to be able to get to know your neighbors. Butte has recently become known as Montana’s “Festival City” because of the wide variety of events and celebrations throughout the year. The residents of Butte care about one another and preserving the culture of our historic town. The Butte Chamber of Commerce has more information about local events, shopping, dining, and more in our mountain town.