Missoula is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Montana. With a population of 78,204 people and 22 associated neighborhoods, Missoula is the second largest community in Montana. Missoula has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Missoula, where the median household income is $70,392.00.

Also of interest is that Missoula has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.18% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing that you will notice about Missoula is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Missoula a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Missoula spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.90 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Missoula, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Missoula is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 53.01% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Missoula in 2022 was $44,227, which is wealthy relative to Montana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $176,908 for a family of four. However, Missoula contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Missoula is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Missoula home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Missoula residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Missoula include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Missoula is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.