Toston vs Townsend

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

Toston 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 324 in Toston). Townsend has the higher median household income ($70,774 vs $60,264 in Toston). Toston has the higher median home value ($352,700 vs $212,800 in Townsend).

Population, income & housing

	Toston	Townsend
Population	324	2,232
Median age	41.3 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,264	$70,774
Median home value	$352,700	$212,800
Median gross rent	—	$976
Housing units	107	978
Homeownership rate	100.0%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Toston	Townsend
Population	73 → 324 (+343.8%)	2,104 → 2,232 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$11,538 → $60,264 (+422.3%)	$50,865 → $70,774 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $352,700 (+312.0%)	$160,400 → $212,800 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$645 → $976 (+51.3%)

Toston

Population

73324

Median household income

$11,538$60,264

Median home value

$85,600$352,700

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)

	Toston	Townsend
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	30.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	46.0%	6.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	19.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.4%
75 and over	0.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Toston	Townsend
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Toston	Townsend
No high school diploma	23.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	6.2%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	61.1%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Toston	Townsend
Drove alone	70.0%	77.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	30.0%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Toston	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

	Toston	Townsend
Poverty rate	2.2%	12.8%
Average household size	3.03	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1988	1975