Chinook vs Hays

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

Chinook and Hays 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 967 in Hays). Chinook has the higher median household income ($71,500 vs $57,875 in Hays). Chinook has the higher median home value ($205,900 vs $61,100 in Hays).

Population, income & housing

	Chinook	Hays
Population	1,460	967
Median age	39.0 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,500	$57,875
Median home value	$205,900	$61,100
Median gross rent	$811	$550
Housing units	728	305
Homeownership rate	73.3%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	26.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chinook	Hays
Population	1,057 → 1,460 (+38.1%)	930 → 967 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$40,855 → $71,500 (+75.0%)	$31,875 → $57,875 (+81.6%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $205,900 (+58.3%)	$46,700 → $61,100 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$496 → $811 (+63.5%)	$429 → $550 (+28.2%)

Chinook

Population

1,0571,460

Median household income

$40,855$71,500

Median home value

$130,100$205,900

Median gross rent

$496$811

Hays

Population

930967

Median household income

$31,875$57,875

Median home value

$46,700$61,100

Median gross rent

$429$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chinook	Hays
Under 5	8.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	22.9%	21.1%
18 to 24	2.9%	12.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	18.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	7.3%
55 to 64	10.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	12.6%	9.4%
75 and over	8.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chinook	Hays
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	2.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.3%	89.9%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chinook	Hays
No high school diploma	5.9%	16.1%
High school graduate	24.6%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chinook	Hays
Drove alone	64.0%	51.9%
Carpooled	11.2%	23.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	10.7%
Other means	0.9%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chinook	Hays
1-unit, detached	84.3%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Chinook	Hays
Poverty rate	10.4%	29.6%
Average household size	2.28	3.76
Mean commute (minutes)	10	16
Median year structure built	1955	1980