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North Browning, Montana.

A community in Glacier County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Glacier County’s.

Living in North Browning, Glacier County, Montana

North Browning, in Glacier County, had 2,653 people in the 2020 census. 44% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 56% are rented. Unemployment in Glacier County was 5.0% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most people in Glacier County work in schools and health care, then government.

People 2,653 in the 2020 census; median age 28.0
Household income Too few homes in North Browning for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 5.0% Glacier County, August 2026; 4.7% a year before
Homes 44% lived in by their owners; 56% rented
  • 802households
  • 12%of adults have a degree
  • 43%below the poverty line
  • 12 mintypical commute
  • 3%work from home

What people in Glacier County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care29%
  • Government14%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment11%
  • Farming, forestry and mining9%
  • Shops (retail)9%
  • Professional and business services7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Glacier County had 4,214 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 29° and 15°; warmest in August, 74° and 44° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J A 74° 44° S O N D 29° 15°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 29° and 15°; warmest in August, 74° and 44° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J A 74° 44° S O N D 29° 15°

Coldest in December, with highs near 29° and lows near 15°; warmest in August, with highs near 74° and lows near 44°. About 30 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the East Glacier weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Glacier County

  1. Browning Elem SchoolsSchool district293FTE
  2. Blackfeet Community HospitalGeneral hospital262FTE
  3. Indian Health ServiceFederal government · Department of Health and Human Services221
  4. National Park ServiceFederal government · Department of the Interior155
  5. Blackfeet Community CollegeUniversity or college117
  6. Browning H S SchoolsSchool district110FTE
  7. Cut Bank Elem SchoolsSchool district86FTE
  8. AlbertsonsSupermarkets and other grocery stores64

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 224 people in all across the county; North Browning has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026) 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

  1. Winter weatherVery high
  2. Cold wavesVery high
  3. LightningVery high
  4. Inland floodingRelatively high
  5. WildfireRelatively moderate
  6. DroughtRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in North Browning’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 Glacier County.