Cascade vs Malmstrom AFB

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

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

Malmstrom AFB has the higher population (4,191 vs 654 in Cascade). Malmstrom AFB has the higher median household income ($64,079 vs $48,750 in Cascade). Since 2019, Malmstrom AFB's population has grown faster (+0.3% vs -8.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade	Malmstrom AFB
Population	654	4,191
Median age	44.3 yrs	22.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$64,079
Median home value	$186,500	—
Median gross rent	$844	$1,195
Housing units	345	1,230
Homeownership rate	67.1%	1.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade	Malmstrom AFB
Population	712 → 654 (-8.1%)	4,179 → 4,191 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$42,000 → $48,750 (+16.1%)	$51,410 → $64,079 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $186,500 (+54.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$735 → $844 (+14.8%)	$997 → $1,195 (+19.9%)

Cascade

Population

712654

Median household income

$42,000$48,750

Median home value

$120,800$186,500

Median gross rent

$735$844

Malmstrom AFB

Population

4,1794,191

Median household income

$51,410$64,079

Median gross rent

$997$1,195

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cascade	Malmstrom AFB
Under 5	2.4%	16.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	27.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	23.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	1.5%
55 to 64	9.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	16.8%	0.0%
75 and over	10.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade	Malmstrom AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	59.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	2.3%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade	Malmstrom AFB
No high school diploma	7.7%	0.6%
High school graduate	43.2%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade	Malmstrom AFB
Drove alone	58.9%	67.3%
Carpooled	15.1%	21.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.4%
Walked	8.9%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.4%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade	Malmstrom AFB
1-unit, detached	67.0%	15.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	66.7%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cascade	Malmstrom AFB
Poverty rate	13.2%	8.0%
Average household size	2.29	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	27	14
Median year structure built	1969	2004