Cascade Colony vs Hardy

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

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

Hardy has the higher population (65 vs 49 in Cascade Colony). Since 2019, Cascade Colony's population has grown faster (+11.4% vs -5.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade Colony	Hardy
Population	49	65
Median age	—	71.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$78,333
Median home value	—	$408,300
Housing units	0	53
Homeownership rate	—	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade Colony	Hardy
Population	44 → 49 (+11.4%)	69 → 65 (-5.8%)
Median household income	—	$54,643 → $78,333 (+43.4%)
Median home value	—	$350,000 → $408,300 (+16.7%)

Cascade Colony

Population

4449

Hardy

Population

6965

Median household income

$54,643$78,333

Median home value

$350,000$408,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cascade Colony	Hardy
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	100.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	64.6%
75 and over	0.0%	26.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade Colony	Hardy
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade Colony	Hardy
No high school diploma	40.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	59.2%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade Colony	Hardy
Drove alone	0.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	100.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade Colony	Hardy
1-unit, detached	—	100.0%
1-unit, attached	—	0.0%
2 to 4 units	—	0.0%
5 to 19 units	—	0.0%
20 or more units	—	0.0%
Mobile home & other	—	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cascade Colony	Hardy
Poverty rate	100.0%	15.4%
Average household size	—	1.81
Median year structure built	—	1959