Townsend vs Winston

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

Townsend and Winston 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 93 in Winston). Townsend has the higher median household income ($70,774 vs $58,058 in Winston). Winston has the higher median home value ($322,300 vs $212,800 in Townsend).

Population, income & housing

	Townsend	Winston
Population	2,232	93
Median age	47.6 yrs	74.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,774	$58,058
Median home value	$212,800	$322,300
Median gross rent	$976	—
Housing units	978	87
Homeownership rate	69.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Townsend	Winston
Population	2,104 → 2,232 (+6.1%)	269 → 93 (-65.4%)
Median household income	$50,865 → $70,774 (+39.1%)	$43,406 → $58,058 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$160,400 → $212,800 (+32.7%)	$162,500 → $322,300 (+98.3%)
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

Winston

Population

26993

Median household income

$43,406$58,058

Median home value

$162,500$322,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Townsend	Winston
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	12.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	19.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	87.1%
75 and over	7.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Townsend	Winston
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Townsend	Winston
No high school diploma	8.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.9%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	44.3%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Townsend	Winston
Drove alone	77.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Townsend	Winston
1-unit, detached	80.7%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
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%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Townsend	Winston
Poverty rate	12.8%	11.8%
Average household size	2.38	1.07
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1975	2004