Wheatland vs Winston

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

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

Wheatland has the higher population (1,185 vs 93 in Winston). Wheatland has the higher median household income ($108,580 vs $58,058 in Winston). Wheatland has the higher median home value ($581,100 vs $322,300 in Winston).

Population, income & housing

	Wheatland	Winston
Population	1,185	93
Median age	46.3 yrs	74.2 yrs
Median household income	$108,580	$58,058
Median home value	$581,100	$322,300
Housing units	421	87
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wheatland	Winston
Population	545 → 1,185 (+117.4%)	269 → 93 (-65.4%)
Median household income	$91,944 → $108,580 (+18.1%)	$43,406 → $58,058 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$338,100 → $581,100 (+71.9%)	$162,500 → $322,300 (+98.3%)

Wheatland

Population

5451,185

Median household income

$91,944$108,580

Median home value

$338,100$581,100

Winston

Population

26993

Median household income

$43,406$58,058

Median home value

$162,500$322,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wheatland	Winston
Under 5	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	20.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	13.4%	87.1%
75 and over	2.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wheatland	Winston
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wheatland	Winston
No high school diploma	5.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.9%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wheatland	Winston
Drove alone	75.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	0.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wheatland	Winston
1-unit, detached	87.2%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Wheatland	Winston
Poverty rate	1.9%	11.8%
Average household size	3.13	1.07
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	2007	2004