Fort Smith vs Muddy

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Smith and Muddy: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Smith and Muddy are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Muddy has the higher population (641 vs 105 in Fort Smith). Fort Smith has the higher median household income ($52,292 vs $48,409 in Muddy). Fort Smith has the higher median home value ($129,200 vs $120,200 in Muddy).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Smith	Muddy
Population	105	641
Median age	63.1 yrs	17.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,292	$48,409
Median home value	$129,200	$120,200
Median gross rent	—	$404
Housing units	172	153
Homeownership rate	93.0%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Smith	Muddy
Population	119 → 105 (-11.8%)	617 → 641 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$45,208 → $52,292 (+15.7%)	$39,531 → $48,409 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $129,200 (+74.8%)	$150,500 → $120,200 (-20.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$530 → $404 (-23.8%)

Fort Smith

Population

119105

Median household income

$45,208$52,292

Median home value

$73,900$129,200

Muddy

Population

617641

Median household income

$39,531$48,409

Median home value

$150,500$120,200

Median gross rent

$530$404

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Smith	Muddy
Under 5	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	46.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	17.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	16.2%	7.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	21.0%	3.7%
65 to 74	5.7%	4.5%
75 and over	40.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Smith	Muddy
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	7.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	92.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Smith	Muddy
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	18.1%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	81.9%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Smith	Muddy
Drove alone	100.0%	78.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Smith	Muddy
1-unit, detached	56.4%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.6%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Smith	Muddy
Poverty rate	0.0%	51.2%
Average household size	1.48	5.17
Mean commute (minutes)	4	25
Median year structure built	1972	1983