How to Meet People if You're From Malta, Montana
Living in Malta, Montana (about 1,800 people) can make dating feel like a closed circle. The single people you haven't met yet mostly live somewhere else, and finding them means looking beyond your hometown.
Malta in numbers
| Population (2025 estimate) | 1,846 |
|---|---|
| County | Phillips County |
| Change since 2020 | -0.4% |
| Size rank in Montana | 40 of 127 cities and towns |
| Larger than | 69% of Montana's cities and towns |
| Other cities and towns within 30 miles | 2 (280 people combined) |
| Nearest city of 25,000 or more (OR, ID, WA, MT) | Great Falls, Montana: 169 miles (60,000 people) |
Population estimates by year:
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,849 | 1,848 | 1,852 | 1,861 | 1,842 | 1,846 |
Why dating close to home runs out
Add up every incorporated city and town within 30 miles of Malta and you get 2 places with about 280 people between them, not counting Malta itself. Within 60 miles it's 4 places and about 4,200 people. Those totals count incorporated places only, so people outside city limits would add to them, but the point stands: that's the circle a distance-sorted app draws first, and it runs out fast.
| Distance from Malta | Other cities and towns | People in them |
|---|---|---|
| Within 10 miles | 0 | 0 |
| Within 30 miles | 2 | 282 |
| Within 60 miles | 4 | 4,177 |
| Within 100 miles | 12 | 15,924 |
Why Great Falls is out of reach for you on the big apps
Great Falls (about 60,000 people) is the nearest city of 25,000 or more to Malta, but at 169 miles it may as well be in another country as far as a distance-ranked app is concerned. Tinuiti's analysis of Tinder's algorithm says proximity is a key factor in who it shows you, and anyone in Great Falls will be shown their own neighborhood before they see someone from Malta.
On Amarbis, ranking isn't based on distance. Choose Montana as your region and Great Falls is in your pool with everyone else in Montana, so you aren't placed behind the person's next-door neighbor because of where you live.
How region-based dating changes it
Your region is your choice on Amarbis. Pick Montana and the whole state is your pool: about 1.1 million people instead of roughly 1,800 in Malta. Want to look further? There are no distance limits, so you can also meet people in other states and countries.
Other places near Malta
- Glasgow, MT: 3,145 people, 58 miles away
- Chinook, MT: 1,155 people, 64 miles away
- Havre, MT: 9,264 people, 84 miles away
- Wolf Point, MT: 2,531 people, 104 miles away
- Lewistown, MT: 6,179 people, 116 miles away
- Fort Benton, MT: 1,416 people, 134 miles away
Browse every city and town in Montana.
How to start from Malta
- Sign up free and build a profile that sounds like you: a clear face photo and one specific thing about life in Malta.
- Set your region to Montana, or wider if you like.
- Start a conversation before you plan a drive; the miles only matter once you both want to meet.
Every profile on Amarbis is reviewed by a real person, and joining is free: 25 likes a day, unlimited messaging with matches, no credit card. Create your profile.
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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.