Chinook vs Harlem

A side-by-side comparison of Chinook and Harlem: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chinook has the higher population (1,460 vs 879 in Harlem). Harlem has the higher median household income ($74,545 vs $71,500 in Chinook). Chinook has the higher median home value ($205,900 vs $89,700 in Harlem).

Population, income & housing

	Chinook	Harlem
Population	1,460	879
Median age	39.0 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,500	$74,545
Median home value	$205,900	$89,700
Median gross rent	$811	$770
Housing units	728	426
Homeownership rate	73.3%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chinook	Harlem
Population	1,057 → 1,460 (+38.1%)	820 → 879 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$40,855 → $71,500 (+75.0%)	$48,125 → $74,545 (+54.9%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $205,900 (+58.3%)	$77,900 → $89,700 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$496 → $811 (+63.5%)	$607 → $770 (+26.9%)

Chinook

Population

1,0571,460

Median household income

$40,855$71,500

Median home value

$130,100$205,900

Median gross rent

$496$811

Harlem

Population

820879

Median household income

$48,125$74,545

Median home value

$77,900$89,700

Median gross rent

$607$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chinook	Harlem
Under 5	8.7%	10.6%
5 to 17	22.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	2.9%	11.1%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	8.1%
55 to 64	10.3%	19.7%
65 to 74	12.6%	9.8%
75 and over	8.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chinook	Harlem
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	38.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.3%	47.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chinook	Harlem
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.9%
High school graduate	24.6%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chinook	Harlem
Drove alone	64.0%	76.0%
Carpooled	11.2%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	4.7%
Other means	0.9%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chinook	Harlem
1-unit, detached	84.3%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Chinook	Harlem
Poverty rate	10.4%	9.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	10	16
Median year structure built	1955	1954