One thing noticeable about Missoula, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Missoula is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Missoula a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.
One of the benefits of Missoula is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.91 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
If knowledge is power, Missoula is a pretty powerful place. 50.30% of the adults in Missoula have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.
The per capita income in Missoula in 2018 was $39,374, which is wealthy relative to Montana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $157,496 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.
