Forsyth, Montana.
Typical home $225,947 (+7.9% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$712 (+150%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $16,600 +8%
- $209,348$225,947 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $56,429 +33%
- $169,518$225,947 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.
- Forsyth$1,186
- Montana$2,453
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Forsyth, MT rose 7.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana
Forsyth is a city of 1,647 people in Rosebud County. Half its households earn more than $39,744 a year and half less; 14% of its people live below the poverty line. 60% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 40% are rented. Unemployment in Rosebud County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in transport and warehouses, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Forsyth is a small city and the Rosebud County seat, with a population on the smaller side even for Montana. Most homes are lived in by their owners, though incomes run modest and a fair number of households live below the poverty line. Relatively few adults hold a four-year degree, and very few people work from home. Winters are cold and snowy, with January highs just above freezing and lows well below it, while July brings hot days. The year is fairly dry, with snow making up a good part of the moisture.
Work. Residents work mostly in transport, warehouses and utilities, in schools, hospitals and social care, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and in banks, insurance and property. Across Rosebud County, the largest workplaces include Talen Energy, which generates electric power, the Indian Health Service, and Rosebud Community Hospital. Unemployment across the county has edged up compared with a year earlier, and the number of jobs there has barely changed.
Things to do. Rosebud Creek and Armells Creek, both rivers, are a short drive away and make easy outings for anyone who likes time by the water. Farther afield, a longer drive leads to Amelia Island Wildlife Management Area, a protected area, and to the Yucca Theatre for an evening out.
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- 732households
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 5%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Rosebud County had 3,616 jobs in 2025, 0.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 10°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 58°. About 35 inches of snow and 16 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Forsyth weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Rosebud County
- Talen EnergyElectric power generation, fossil fuel258
- CEI Electrical ContractorsLow voltage electrical work123
- Indian Health ServiceFederal government · Department of Health and Human Services94
- Colstrip Elem SchoolsSchool district70FTE
- Lame Deer Elem SchoolsSchool district54FTE
- Rosebud Community HospitalCritical access hospital44FTE
- Chief Dull Knife CollegeTwo-year college41
- Colstrip H S SchoolsSchool district37FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 517 people in all across the county; Forsyth has one of its own. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherVery high
- Cold wavesVery high
- WildfireRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Forsyth’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Rosebud County.
Forsyth home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Forsyth$225,947
- Montana$467,275
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Forsyth9
Zip codes with a Forsyth address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Forsyth — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.