Missoula is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Montana. With a population of 77,757 people and 22 associated neighborhoods, Missoula is the second largest community in Montana. Missoula home prices are not only among the most expensive in Montana, but Missoula real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Missoula is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Missoula is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Missoula who work in office and administrative support (10.39%), management occupations (10.31%), and sales jobs (8.57%). Also of interest is that Missoula has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.74% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.32 minutes getting to work every day.If knowledge is power, Missoula is a pretty powerful place. 51.65% of the adults in Missoula have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Missoula in 2022 was $42,269, which is wealthy relative to Montana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $169,076 for a family of four. However, Missoula contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Missoula is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Missoula home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Missoula residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Missoula include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Missoula is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.