Townsend vs Wheatland

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

Townsend and Wheatland 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 1,185 in Wheatland). Wheatland has the higher median household income ($108,580 vs $70,774 in Townsend). Wheatland has the higher median home value ($581,100 vs $212,800 in Townsend).

Population, income & housing

	Townsend	Wheatland
Population	2,232	1,185
Median age	47.6 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,774	$108,580
Median home value	$212,800	$581,100
Median gross rent	$976	—
Housing units	978	421
Homeownership rate	69.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Townsend	Wheatland
Population	2,104 → 2,232 (+6.1%)	545 → 1,185 (+117.4%)
Median household income	$50,865 → $70,774 (+39.1%)	$91,944 → $108,580 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$160,400 → $212,800 (+32.7%)	$338,100 → $581,100 (+71.9%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $976 (+51.3%)	—

Townsend

Population

2,1042,232

Median household income

$50,865$70,774

Median home value

$160,400$212,800

Median gross rent

$645$976

Wheatland

Population

5451,185

Median household income

$91,944$108,580

Median home value

$338,100$581,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Townsend	Wheatland
Under 5	4.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.4%
18 to 24	12.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	17.8%
35 to 44	6.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	16.6%	20.0%
55 to 64	19.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	13.4%
75 and over	7.1%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Townsend	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Townsend	Wheatland
No high school diploma	8.6%	5.4%
High school graduate	28.9%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	44.3%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Townsend	Wheatland
Drove alone	77.0%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	12.9%
Other means	0.9%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Townsend	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	80.7%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Townsend	Wheatland
Poverty rate	12.8%	1.9%
Average household size	2.38	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1975	2007