County boundaries and FIPS mapping
This layer will be collected, normalized, and tied back to source notes before Montana county pages are marked live.
Expansion roadmap
Montana Freedom Map
Montana is the next planned expansion dataset for County Freedom Index. The county profiles are not published yet, but this page documents the research path we will use before the state goes live.
County profiles56
Phase4
StatusPlanned
Live states3
Why this state
Montana Belongs In The Western Expansion Plan
A later expansion state with strong rural land and preparedness search demand.
Dataset buildout
What Needs To Be Collected Before Launch
Each state uses the same source-first process so county profiles, rankings, and comparisons can be added without changing the underlying site architecture.
Population and density
This layer will be collected, normalized, and tied back to source notes before Montana county pages are marked live.
Land price and listing snapshots
This layer will be collected, normalized, and tied back to source notes before Montana county pages are marked live.
Property tax burden
This layer will be collected, normalized, and tied back to source notes before Montana county pages are marked live.
Climate, snowfall, growing season, and temperature
This layer will be collected, normalized, and tied back to source notes before Montana county pages are marked live.
Broadband availability
This layer will be collected, normalized, and tied back to source notes before Montana county pages are marked live.
Solar potential
This layer will be collected, normalized, and tied back to source notes before Montana county pages are marked live.
Public land access
This layer will be collected, normalized, and tied back to source notes before Montana county pages are marked live.
County planning, zoning, building, septic, and development sources
This layer will be collected, normalized, and tied back to source notes before Montana county pages are marked live.
Tiny home, RV living, off-grid, container home, ADU, and homesteading scores
This layer will be collected, normalized, and tied back to source notes before Montana county pages are marked live.
Use live datasets now
Research Colorado And Wyoming While Montana Is Built
The live state datasets show the exact structure that will be reused for Montana: county pages, lifestyle rankings, comparisons, guides, and source transparency.
Expansion queue
Upcoming State Datasets
After Montana, the remaining planned states are Idaho, Utah, Arizona.