How to Meet People in Montana's Small Towns and Cities
Montana has about 1.1 million people and 127 incorporated cities and towns, from Billings (121,239 people) to places of a few dozen. Wherever you live in Montana, the dating pool close to home is a small slice of the whole state. On Amarbis you choose the region you meet people from, so your hometown's size doesn't decide your options.
If you live in a small town and want to meet someone in a nearby city, apps that rank by distance work against you: Tinuiti's analysis of Tinder's algorithm says proximity is a key factor in who it shows you, so the person you'd like to meet sees their own neighbors long before they see you. Ranking on Amarbis isn't based on distance, and joining is free.
Pick your town below for a guide to meeting people from where you live, or, for larger cities, how to meet people from there if you live somewhere else.
Beaverhead County
- Dillon: 4,271 people
- Lima: 221 people
Big Horn County
- Hardin: 3,696 people
- Lodge Grass: 422 people
Blaine County
- Chinook: 1,155 people
- Harlem: 750 people
Broadwater County
- Townsend: 2,272 people
Carbon County
- Bearcreek: 106 people
- Bridger: 709 people
- Fromberg: 422 people
- Joliet: 613 people
- Red Lodge: 2,723 people
Carter County
- Ekalaka: 398 people
Cascade County
- Belt: 523 people
- Cascade: 577 people
- Great Falls: 60,208 people
- Neihart: 41 people
Chouteau County
- Big Sandy: 598 people
- Fort Benton: 1,416 people
- Geraldine: 204 people
Consolidated city-counties
- Anaconda-Deer Lodge County: 9,709 people
Custer County
- Ismay: 21 people
- Miles City: 8,450 people
Daniels County
- Flaxville: 58 people
- Scobey: 972 people
Dawson County
- Glendive: 4,736 people
- Richey: 160 people
Fallon County
- Baker: 1,776 people
- Plevna: 171 people
Fergus County
- Denton: 207 people
- Grass Range: 114 people
- Lewistown: 6,179 people
- Moore: 203 people
- Winifred: 178 people
Flathead County
- Columbia Falls: 5,753 people
- Kalispell: 31,851 people
- Whitefish: 9,358 people
Gallatin County
- Belgrade: 13,107 people
- Bozeman: 58,814 people
- Manhattan: 2,073 people
- Three Forks: 1,920 people
- West Yellowstone: 1,191 people
Garfield County
- Jordan: 348 people
Glacier County
- Cut Bank: 2,976 people
Golden Valley County
- Lavina: 141 people
- Ryegate: 228 people
Granite County
- Drummond: 298 people
- Philipsburg: 926 people
Hill County
- Havre: 9,264 people
- Hingham: 127 people
Jefferson County
Judith Basin County
- Hobson: 191 people
- Stanford: 427 people
Lake County
Lewis and Clark County
- East Helena: 2,325 people
- Helena: 35,138 people
Liberty County
- Chester: 844 people
Lincoln County
Madison County
- Ennis: 1,126 people
- Sheridan: 779 people
- Twin Bridges: 430 people
- Virginia City: 260 people
McCone County
- Circle: 590 people
Meagher County
- White Sulphur Springs: 1,056 people
Mineral County
- Alberton: 551 people
- Superior: 935 people
Missoula County
- Missoula: 78,903 people
Musselshell County
- Melstone: 147 people
- Roundup: 2,075 people
Park County
- Clyde Park: 348 people
- Livingston: 9,290 people
Petroleum County
- Winnett: 205 people
Phillips County
- Dodson: 123 people
- Malta: 1,846 people
- Saco: 159 people
Pondera County
- Conrad: 2,393 people
- Valier: 537 people
Powder River County
- Broadus: 477 people
Powell County
- Deer Lodge: 3,025 people
Prairie County
- Terry: 574 people
Ravalli County
- Darby: 888 people
- Hamilton: 5,451 people
- Pinesdale: 882 people
- Stevensville: 2,259 people
Richland County
- Fairview: 882 people
- Sidney: 6,217 people
Roosevelt County
- Bainville: 266 people
- Culbertson: 715 people
- Froid: 184 people
- Poplar: 722 people
- Wolf Point: 2,531 people
Rosebud County
Sanders County
- Hot Springs: 630 people
- Plains: 1,261 people
- Thompson Falls: 1,543 people
Sheridan County
- Medicine Lake: 241 people
- Outlook: 83 people
- Plentywood: 1,619 people
- Westby: 162 people
Silver Bow County
- Butte-Silver Bow: 35,469 people
- Walkerville: 649 people
Stillwater County
- Columbus: 1,964 people
Sweet Grass County
- Big Timber: 1,686 people
Teton County
- Choteau: 1,825 people
- Dutton: 318 people
- Fairfield: 797 people
Toole County
- Kevin: 164 people
- Shelby: 3,313 people
- Sunburst: 356 people
Treasure County
- Hysham: 262 people
Valley County
- Fort Peck: 232 people
- Glasgow: 3,145 people
- Nashua: 292 people
- Opheim: 73 people
Wheatland County
- Harlowton: 976 people
- Judith Gap: 111 people
Wibaux County
- Wibaux: 441 people
Yellowstone County
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Population figures are U.S. Census Bureau estimates for July 1, 2025. Distances are straight-line miles between place center points, so road distances are longer. Counts of nearby places include incorporated cities and towns in Oregon, Idaho, Washington and Montana only.