Roundup, Montana.
Typical home $236,129 (+1.8% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$679 (+121%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,235 +2%
- $231,894$236,129 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $21,828 +10%
- $214,301$236,129 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.
- Roundup$1,239
- Montana$2,453
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 36 years.
Typical home values in Roundup, MT rose 1.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Roundup, Musselshell County, Montana
Roundup is a city of 1,742 people in Musselshell County. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Musselshell County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 3.8% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Roundup is a small city and the seat of Musselshell County, with a population that is among the smaller ones in Montana. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and a modest share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers turn properly hot in July. Snowfall is steady through the winter, and the year is on the dry side overall.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with professional and business services, shops, and farming, forestry and mining also providing work. Among the largest workplaces in Roundup are Roundup Elem Schools, Roundup Memorial Healthcare, a critical access hospital, and Roundup High School. A good number of people work from home. Unemployment in the county has eased compared with a year earlier, though the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Lake Mason National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area, is a short drive away. Beyond that, the town's own streets and the surrounding countryside make up most of what is close at hand.
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- 861households
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 16%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Musselshell County had 1,274 jobs in 2025, 3.8% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 13°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 54°. About 24 inches of snow and 15 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Roundup weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Roundup
- Roundup Elem SchoolsSchool district61FTE
- Roundup Memorial HealthcareCritical access hospital54FTE
- Roundup High SchoolSchool district29FTE
School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- LightningVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- Cold wavesVery high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Roundup’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Musselshell County.
Roundup home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Roundup$236,129
- Montana$467,275
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Roundup listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Roundup22.09%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Roundup45
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Roundup10
Zip codes with a Roundup address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Roundup — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.