Hays vs Turner Colony

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

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

Hays has the higher population (967 vs 112 in Turner Colony). Turner Colony has the higher median household income ($128,056 vs $57,875 in Hays).

Population, income & housing

	Hays	Turner Colony
Population	967	112
Median age	34.2 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,875	$128,056
Median home value	$61,100	—
Median gross rent	$550	—
Housing units	305	14
Homeownership rate	49.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	26.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hays	Turner Colony
Population	930 → 967 (+4.0%)	0 → 112 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$31,875 → $57,875 (+81.6%)	—
Median home value	$46,700 → $61,100 (+30.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$429 → $550 (+28.2%)	—

Hays

Population

930967

Median household income

$31,875$57,875

Median home value

$46,700$61,100

Median gross rent

$429$550

Turner Colony

Population

0112

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hays	Turner Colony
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	12.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	39.3%
35 to 44	18.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	7.3%	4.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	37.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	2.7%
75 and over	3.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hays	Turner Colony
White (non-Hispanic)	2.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	89.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hays	Turner Colony
No high school diploma	16.1%	25.0%
High school graduate	21.6%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	47.8%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hays	Turner Colony
Drove alone	51.9%	65.5%
Carpooled	23.6%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	17.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	0.0%
Other means	6.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hays	Turner Colony
1-unit, detached	67.2%	7.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	50.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Hays	Turner Colony
Poverty rate	29.6%	47.3%
Average household size	3.76	6.29
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1980	1986