Black Eagle vs Great Falls

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

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

Great Falls has the higher population (60,412 vs 654 in Black Eagle). Great Falls has the higher median household income ($63,934 vs $55,588 in Black Eagle). Great Falls has the higher median home value ($237,400 vs $179,800 in Black Eagle).

Population, income & housing

	Black Eagle	Great Falls
Population	654	60,412
Median age	40.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,588	$63,934
Median home value	$179,800	$237,400
Median gross rent	$857	$866
Housing units	501	28,333
Homeownership rate	61.0%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Eagle	Great Falls
Population	923 → 654 (-29.1%)	58,835 → 60,412 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$47,868 → $55,588 (+16.1%)	$46,965 → $63,934 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$119,000 → $179,800 (+51.1%)	$176,500 → $237,400 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $857 (+43.6%)	$729 → $866 (+18.8%)

Black Eagle

Population

923654

Median household income

$47,868$55,588

Median home value

$119,000$179,800

Median gross rent

$597$857

Great Falls

Population

58,83560,412

Median household income

$46,965$63,934

Median home value

$176,500$237,400

Median gross rent

$729$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Eagle	Great Falls
Under 5	2.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	11.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	17.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	15.3%	10.9%
75 and over	8.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Eagle	Great Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	3.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.3%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Eagle	Great Falls
No high school diploma	20.1%	5.8%
High school graduate	39.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Eagle	Great Falls
Drove alone	70.1%	79.5%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	9.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	3.4%	6.6%
Other means	6.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Eagle	Great Falls
1-unit, detached	69.9%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Black Eagle	Great Falls
Poverty rate	43.6%	14.0%
Average household size	1.99	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1949	1965