Spokane Creek vs Townsend

A side-by-side comparison of Spokane Creek and Townsend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Townsend has the higher population (2,232 vs 783 in Spokane Creek). Spokane Creek has the higher median household income ($137,552 vs $70,774 in Townsend). Spokane Creek has the higher median home value ($699,500 vs $212,800 in Townsend).

Population, income & housing

	Spokane Creek	Townsend
Population	783	2,232
Median age	41.3 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$137,552	$70,774
Median home value	$699,500	$212,800
Median gross rent	—	$976
Housing units	225	978
Homeownership rate	90.2%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.3%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spokane Creek	Townsend
Population	467 → 783 (+67.7%)	2,104 → 2,232 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$87,596 → $137,552 (+57.0%)	$50,865 → $70,774 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$330,600 → $699,500 (+111.6%)	$160,400 → $212,800 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$645 → $976 (+51.3%)

Spokane Creek

Population

467783

Median household income

$87,596$137,552

Median home value

$330,600$699,500

Townsend

Population

2,1042,232

Median household income

$50,865$70,774

Median home value

$160,400$212,800

Median gross rent

$645$976

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spokane Creek	Townsend
Under 5	5.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	9.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.2%
25 to 34	29.2%	8.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	6.8%
45 to 54	7.0%	16.6%
55 to 64	30.1%	19.9%
65 to 74	5.0%	10.4%
75 and over	2.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spokane Creek	Townsend
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spokane Creek	Townsend
No high school diploma	4.1%	8.6%
High school graduate	15.6%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	10.0%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	68.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spokane Creek	Townsend
Drove alone	87.7%	77.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	4.9%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spokane Creek	Townsend
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Spokane Creek	Townsend
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.8%
Average household size	3.48	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	2004	1975