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Glacier County

Land records for Glacier County, Montana: ownership, ownership changes, permits and projects, and state records. As of Oct 5, 2026, from 5 public sources.

Glacier County. Click a county to open its profile.

Summary

Land and ownership

Acres by owner type

1,922,074 acres in 13,005 parcels on the parcel map. Federal land that is not on the tax roll is not counted.

Public 21%Tribal 4%Individuals 19%Companies 13%Trusts 43%
Total assessed value

All parcels, Montana Department of Revenue, by tax year.

$0$1.0B$2.0B201320202025$1.0B

Owner types come from the owner name on the state roll (src/parcels/classify.py). Public access map.

Ownership changes

From monthly copies of the state parcel roll, dated by the copy, not the deed. People are shown as “Private individual”.

Last 90 days, by type

One parcel can count in several rows (a sale to an out-of-state LLC is all three).

Sold152
Sold to a company16
Out-of-state buyer15
Lot split2
Public to private0
Parcels that changed owner, by year

From the yearly copies of the state roll, 2014 to 2025.

05001,00020142016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Recent changes

  • Out-of-state buyer
    Private individual to Private trust
    92.43 acres, 2-parcel property
  • Sold to a company
    Private individual to GLACIER MIRADOR LLC SERIES A
    82.26 acres, 2-parcel property
  • Sold to a company
    Private individual to GLACIER MIRADOR LLC SERIES A
    79.78 acres, parcel 38484020402016000
  • Sold
    Private individual to Private individual
    76.11 acres, parcel 38441502401010000
  • Sold to a company
    Private individual to GLACIER MIRADOR LLC SERIES B
    51.36 acres, parcel 38484035402020000

The full list of sales, splits and filings, with a weekly email, is in Data4 Pro.

Permits and projects

Permits, planning cases and land-use hearings, plus state DEQ and MDT permits.

Permits and projects per month

Last 24 months, all sources.

012Nov 24Feb 25May 25Aug 25Nov 25Feb 26May 26Aug 26Oct 26

Upcoming hearings

  • Agendas for this county are not read yet.

Recent permits and projects

  • Wildscapes Overlook Addition
    Environmental permit 17 PACKER LN, #MTR111976, Effective
  • Two Medicine Campground Area
    Environmental permit Two Medicine Rd, #MTR111688, Effective
  • St. Mary and Hudson Bay
    Environmental permit Hudson Bay Rd, #MTR111681, Effective
  • BROWNING-URBAN
    Road project US-2, #NH 1-3(99)222
  • TWO MEDICINE RIVER BRIDGE
    Road project US-2, #NHPB 1-3(97)210

The full list of permits, projects and hearings in Glacier County, on the map and as CSV, is in Data4 Pro.

Water and resources

From DNRC, the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, the Board of Oil and Gas and BLM.

Open the water and resources map

Market context

Population, income, rent, housing permits and jobs from the Census Bureau and HUD, with the Montana figure for comparison.

13,463
people (2025)
-2.0% since 2020; Montana +5.3%
$46,875
median household income
Montana: $72,509
$548
median gross rent per month
Montana: $1,081
$1,275
HUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms
Glacier County, MT
$165,100
median home value
Montana: $375,800
36%
of homes are rented
Montana: 31%
1,846
private jobs (2023)
-7.2% since 2018
$1,065
average weekly wage
+27.9% in five years
New homes permitted per year

Housing units authorized, Census Building Permits Survey. 0 so far this year.

0012016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Population

Census population estimates, July 1 each year. The scale does not start at zero.

13K14K14K2020202513K
Largest industries by jobs

County Business Patterns, private employers.

Retail trade464
Health care & social assistance415
Accommodation & food services339
Educational services128
Other services97

ACS 5-year estimates carry margins of error; *_moe fields are 90% MOEs. Small counties (Petroleum, Garfield, Treasure…) have wide MOEs. Median home value is top-coded at $2,000,001. Sources: American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024; Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 county totals; Building Permits Survey, county annual and monthly files; Fair Market Rents, FY2026 (effective Oct 1 2025) — HUD eGIS feature service; County Business Patterns 2023 (fallback for BLS QCEW).

Known gaps

  • Building permits: no city or county here publishes permits online. New construction appears only through state permits (DEQ, MDT) and new address points.
  • Recorded documents: the recorder’s index is not online; documents are searched in person at the courthouse.
  • Hearing agendas: commission and planning board agendas are not read for this county yet.
  • Zoning: no zoning districts on file. Much of the county may be unzoned; check with the county planner.
  • Sale prices: Montana does not disclose sale prices, so none appear on Data 4 MT.

Official sources

Data for this page: county JSON. All counties: counties.json.