All markets/Montana/Helena, MT71,000 adults 21+
Helena leans toward Canadian whisky, bourbon and single barrel bourbon.
Based on Iowa; its group checked in Pennsylvania. Compared with the 387 US metro areas.
How to read this
Each score: how closely Helena’s people match the Iowa counties where that drink’s sales make up a bigger share of spirits sales. Not a sales figure.
Each row ranks Helena among 387 metros for one category. It does not compare categories with each other.
Beside each category is the Census measure the model leans on most for it here.
Each category’s standing comes from a model fitted to Iowa county sales on public Census measures only, checked in Pennsylvania for its group; only the 8 spirits groups and the 24 subcategories that passed are ranked.
An association between places, not a cause or a sales forecast.
The whole book: 32 ranked categories
Show all 32Show the top 8 and bottom 3
Each dot is where Helena ranks among the 387 metros for that category, on the scale printed above its block. Point at a row to see it on the map; click to read it.Tap a row to read it.
Who lives here
The usual metro = the middle of the 387 US metro areas.
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Leans in
Leans away from
- Cognac and Imported BrandyFewer manufacturing jobs than the usual metro: 3.2% against 9.8%.387thof 387 metros
- 100% Agave TequilaFewer manufacturing jobs than the usual metro: 3.2% against 9.8%.385thof 387 metros
- Mezcal371stof 387 metros
Tied with: Imported Liqueurs
Helena on the map
Helena among the 387 US metro areas.
Did you know?
5thlowest of 387 metrosHelena is among the 5 metros where the most rural counties: 4.3 per km² here, usual 53.4 per km².
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What this rests on
County sales by category in Iowa (99 counties, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026), checked in Pennsylvania (67 counties, Jul 2024 to Jun 2025), plus Census ACS 2024 5-year. An association between places, not a cause or a sales forecast.