Black Eagle vs Cascade

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

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

Both have a population of 654. Black Eagle has the higher median household income ($55,588 vs $48,750 in Cascade). Cascade has the higher median home value ($186,500 vs $179,800 in Black Eagle).

Population, income & housing

	Black Eagle	Cascade
Population	654	654
Median age	40.6 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,588	$48,750
Median home value	$179,800	$186,500
Median gross rent	$857	$844
Housing units	501	345
Homeownership rate	61.0%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Eagle	Cascade
Population	923 → 654 (-29.1%)	712 → 654 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$47,868 → $55,588 (+16.1%)	$42,000 → $48,750 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$119,000 → $179,800 (+51.1%)	$120,800 → $186,500 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $857 (+43.6%)	$735 → $844 (+14.8%)

Black Eagle

Population

923654

Median household income

$47,868$55,588

Median home value

$119,000$179,800

Median gross rent

$597$857

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)

	Black Eagle	Cascade
Under 5	2.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	11.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	8.1%
35 to 44	17.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	15.3%	16.8%
75 and over	8.3%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Eagle	Cascade
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	2.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Eagle	Cascade
No high school diploma	20.1%	7.7%
High school graduate	39.7%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Eagle	Cascade
Drove alone	70.1%	58.9%
Carpooled	11.3%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	8.9%
Bicycle	9.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	16.4%
Other means	6.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Eagle	Cascade
1-unit, detached	69.9%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Black Eagle	Cascade
Poverty rate	43.6%	13.2%
Average household size	1.99	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1949	1969