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PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas

Senior Food Insecurity in
Montana

Montana's senior poverty rate is 9.6%, and 28.1% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 56 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.

9.6%

Senior poverty (65+)

28.1%

Seniors living alone

37.1%

Senior SNAP take-up

$53,576

Senior median income

Montana by county

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Montana at a glance

Seniors in poverty

20K

Ages 65+

Senior poverty rate

9.6%

Ages 65+

Living alone

28.1%

1-person HH, 65+

Senior SNAP

37.1%

HH with 60+ member

Senior median income

$53,576

Householder 65+

Isolation index

0.38

Blended 0–1

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 56 counties in Montana.

Highest senior poverty

Ages 65+, rate

  1. 1 Prairie 33.3%
  2. 2 Glacier 25.6%
  3. 3 Wheatland 23.6%
  4. 4 Roosevelt 21.4%
  5. 5 Rosebud 20.6%

Most seniors living alone

1-person HH, 65+

  1. 1 Daniels 40.6%
  2. 2 Wheatland 38.7%
  3. 3 Liberty 38.7%
  4. 4 Deer Lodge 37.9%
  5. 5 Petroleum 37.5%

Largest senior population

Absolute count, 65+

  1. 1 Yellowstone 29K
  2. 2 Flathead 22K
  3. 3 Missoula 20K
  4. 4 Gallatin 16K
  5. 5 Cascade 16K

Every county in Montana

All 56 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.

County Senior poverty Living alone Senior SNAP Senior income Seniors (count) Isolation idx
Beaverhead 12.8% 30.0% 29.4% $49,110 2,217 0.49
Big Horn 16.2% 22.3% 43.4% $55,026 1,721 0.40
Blaine 14.6% 26.5% 20.8% $49,688 1,079 0.46
Broadwater 14.3% 21.4% 53.2% $42,778 1,710 0.33
Carbon 6.3% 21.7% 59.5% $59,605 2,887 0.16
Carter 18.5% 25.9% 51.2% $49,479 395 0.53
Cascade 10.1% 31.9% 32.7% $54,397 15,873 0.48
Chouteau 8.3% 28.6% 35.1% $48,830 1,302 0.36
Custer 12.7% 30.2% 40.1% $46,293 2,298 0.50
Daniels 5.5% 40.6% 45.8% $48,517 420 0.56
Dawson 6.4% 30.8% 86.3% $51,551 1,718 0.37
Deer Lodge 17.1% 37.9% 45.7% $42,684 2,368 0.77
Fallon 19.0% 22.8% 34.4% $55,119 516 0.47
Fergus 10.9% 27.1% 33.9% $48,202 2,734 0.39
Flathead 9.8% 28.5% 38.6% $50,674 22,008 0.39
Gallatin 5.3% 23.6% 34.2% $66,730 15,963 0.18
Garfield 19.1% 26.3% 78.6% $40,536 251 0.55
Glacier 25.6% 22.5% 34.9% $38,125 1,708 0.60
Golden Valley 15.6% 34.2% 60.0% $55,662 237 0.65
Granite 12.0% 27.1% 81.7% $58,319 1,034 0.41
Hill 13.6% 35.7% 23.3% $43,015 2,497 0.64
Jefferson 3.6% 18.1% 39.5% $59,177 2,769 0.02
Judith Basin 17.2% 28.5% 43.3% $48,125 582 0.56
Lake 12.0% 24.0% 39.2% $48,438 7,491 0.34
Lewis and Clark 8.9% 30.0% 36.6% $56,800 14,204 0.41
Liberty 8.9% 38.7% 35.7% $50,875 382 0.60
Lincoln 8.9% 22.2% 35.5% $38,559 6,012 0.23
Madison 6.9% 26.1% 59.6% $47,117 2,710 0.27
McCone 4.5% 36.6% 100.0% $39,375 506 0.46
Meagher 9.3% 21.6% 93.5% $47,250 665 0.22
Mineral 8.0% 32.1% 35.9% $52,054 1,327 0.43
Missoula 7.6% 28.1% 34.3% $59,755 19,543 0.33
Musselshell 15.4% 26.4% 50.5% $37,188 1,442 0.47
Park 11.9% 26.5% 45.6% $51,607 4,136 0.40
Petroleum 10.7% 37.5% 100.0% $44,063 112 0.62
Phillips 5.5% 33.3% 61.2% $47,981 967 0.40
Pondera 8.0% 31.9% 33.5% $47,083 1,231 0.43
Powder River 11.4% 28.5% 69.2% $36,458 528 0.43
Powell 5.6% 22.4% 28.6% $36,484 1,367 0.16
Prairie 33.3% 24.5% 40.8% $37,321 402 0.65
Ravalli 8.9% 24.6% 42.2% $57,619 11,942 0.28
Richland 17.2% 29.0% 24.9% $38,750 1,927 0.57
Roosevelt 21.4% 32.6% 15.9% $57,759 1,152 0.75
Rosebud 20.6% 31.8% 44.4% $40,559 1,344 0.71
Sanders 7.0% 26.4% 39.9% $49,784 4,139 0.28
Sheridan 10.4% 36.6% 50.0% $35,721 805 0.59
Silver Bow 12.5% 37.1% 35.8% $47,464 6,554 0.65
Stillwater 8.5% 26.7% 21.3% $59,293 2,210 0.32
Sweet Grass 9.7% 31.3% 65.6% $48,426 846 0.45
Teton 7.2% 27.0% 37.7% $49,886 1,398 0.30
Toole 13.5% 34.2% 50.0% $44,236 816 0.61
Treasure 12.8% 29.6% 37.5% $61,250 172 0.49
Valley 11.0% 30.2% 45.6% $45,083 1,754 0.46
Wheatland 23.6% 38.7% 45.5% $33,036 581 0.94
Wibaux 10.9% 34.2% 29.4% $38,393 258 0.55
Yellowstone 8.3% 28.5% 36.9% $60,438 29,046 0.36

Senior food help in Montana

SNAP, CSFP senior boxes, Meals on Wheels, and senior-specific pantry programs.

Seniors Resource Guide

Montana senior SNAP

Senior-specific SNAP rules, how to apply in Montana, and benefit amounts.

Montana SNAP guide

Find a food pantry

Search Montana's verified pantries — many serve seniors with home delivery or box programs.

Montana food pantries