Fort Smith vs Pryor

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

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

Pryor has the higher population (639 vs 105 in Fort Smith). Fort Smith has the higher median household income ($52,292 vs $50,547 in Pryor). Fort Smith has the higher median home value ($129,200 vs $116,400 in Pryor).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Smith	Pryor
Population	105	639
Median age	63.1 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,292	$50,547
Median home value	$129,200	$116,400
Median gross rent	—	$830
Housing units	172	189
Homeownership rate	93.0%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	23.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Smith	Pryor
Population	119 → 105 (-11.8%)	539 → 639 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$45,208 → $52,292 (+15.7%)	$42,917 → $50,547 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $129,200 (+74.8%)	$140,000 → $116,400 (-16.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$325 → $830 (+155.4%)

Fort Smith

Population

119105

Median household income

$45,208$52,292

Median home value

$73,900$129,200

Pryor

Population

539639

Median household income

$42,917$50,547

Median home value

$140,000$116,400

Median gross rent

$325$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Smith	Pryor
Under 5	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	17.1%	15.8%
35 to 44	16.2%	9.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	21.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	5.3%
75 and over	40.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Smith	Pryor
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	11.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	84.8%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Smith	Pryor
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	18.1%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	81.9%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Smith	Pryor
Drove alone	100.0%	83.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Smith	Pryor
1-unit, detached	56.4%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.6%	32.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Smith	Pryor
Poverty rate	0.0%	34.6%
Average household size	1.48	4.12
Mean commute (minutes)	4	33
Median year structure built	1972	1984