Belt vs Cascade

A side-by-side comparison of Belt and Cascade: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cascade has the higher population (654 vs 525 in Belt). Belt has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $48,750 in Cascade). Cascade has the higher median home value ($186,500 vs $170,500 in Belt).

Population, income & housing

	Belt	Cascade
Population	525	654
Median age	48.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,083	$48,750
Median home value	$170,500	$186,500
Median gross rent	$910	$844
Housing units	255	345
Homeownership rate	71.4%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belt	Cascade
Population	514 → 525 (+2.1%)	712 → 654 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$38,214 → $72,083 (+88.6%)	$42,000 → $48,750 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$127,400 → $170,500 (+33.8%)	$120,800 → $186,500 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$375 → $910 (+142.7%)	$735 → $844 (+14.8%)

Belt

Population

514525

Median household income

$38,214$72,083

Median home value

$127,400$170,500

Median gross rent

$375$910

Cascade

Population

712654

Median household income

$42,000$48,750

Median home value

$120,800$186,500

Median gross rent

$735$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belt	Cascade
Under 5	1.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	8.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	19.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	16.8%
75 and over	8.4%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belt	Cascade
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.9%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belt	Cascade
No high school diploma	8.8%	7.7%
High school graduate	38.9%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belt	Cascade
Drove alone	62.6%	58.9%
Carpooled	27.6%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	5.7%	8.9%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belt	Cascade
1-unit, detached	63.1%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Belt	Cascade
Poverty rate	9.1%	13.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1966	1969