Zip lookup · MT

59856
Plains, Montana.

Plains, Sanders County, MT · population 130

What it costs per month · 59856 $1,349/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$858 (+174%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $4,122 -2%
$261,154$257,032 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $57,479 +29%
$199,553$257,032 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 59856 $1,349 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 59856$1,349
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.

Typical home values in zip 59856 fell 1.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Plains, MT — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $257,032 as of Sep 2026
-1.6%year on year

Typical home value — 59856

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 59856 $257,032 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 59856$257,032
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.