Zip lookup · MT

59916
Essex, Montana.

Essex, Flathead County, MT · Kalispell, MT metro · population 232

What it costs per month · 59916 $2,208/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,355 (+159%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $2,668 +1%
$418,055$420,723 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $71,475 +20%
$349,247$420,723 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 59916 $2,208 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 59916$2,208
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.

Typical home values in zip 59916 rose 0.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $420,723 as of Sep 2026
+0.6%year on year

Typical home value — 59916

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 59916 $420,723 Kalispell $646,137 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 59916$420,723
  • Kalispell$646,137
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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