Belt vs Fort Shaw

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

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

Belt has the higher population (525 vs 190 in Fort Shaw). Fort Shaw has the higher median household income ($77,941 vs $72,083 in Belt). Fort Shaw has the higher median home value ($198,200 vs $170,500 in Belt).

Population, income & housing

	Belt	Fort Shaw
Population	525	190
Median age	48.3 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,083	$77,941
Median home value	$170,500	$198,200
Median gross rent	$910	—
Housing units	255	103
Homeownership rate	71.4%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belt	Fort Shaw
Population	514 → 525 (+2.1%)	116 → 190 (+63.8%)
Median household income	$38,214 → $72,083 (+88.6%)	$49,531 → $77,941 (+57.4%)
Median home value	$127,400 → $170,500 (+33.8%)	$227,300 → $198,200 (-12.8%)
Median gross rent	$375 → $910 (+142.7%)	—

Belt

Population

514525

Median household income

$38,214$72,083

Median home value

$127,400$170,500

Median gross rent

$375$910

Fort Shaw

Population

116190

Median household income

$49,531$77,941

Median home value

$227,300$198,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belt	Fort Shaw
Under 5	1.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	4.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	18.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	19.8%	20.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	20.5%
75 and over	8.4%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belt	Fort Shaw
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belt	Fort Shaw
No high school diploma	8.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	38.9%	51.8%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belt	Fort Shaw
Drove alone	62.6%	70.9%
Carpooled	27.6%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belt	Fort Shaw
1-unit, detached	63.1%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	42.7%

Poverty & households

	Belt	Fort Shaw
Poverty rate	9.1%	21.1%
Average household size	2.59	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1966	1979