Cascade vs Simms

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

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

Cascade has the higher population (654 vs 326 in Simms). Simms has the higher median household income ($95,938 vs $48,750 in Cascade). Simms has the higher median home value ($193,900 vs $186,500 in Cascade).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade	Simms
Population	654	326
Median age	44.3 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$95,938
Median home value	$186,500	$193,900
Median gross rent	$844	—
Housing units	345	133
Homeownership rate	67.1%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade	Simms
Population	712 → 654 (-8.1%)	342 → 326 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$42,000 → $48,750 (+16.1%)	$75,764 → $95,938 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $186,500 (+54.4%)	$168,800 → $193,900 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $844 (+14.8%)	$686 → $675 (-1.6%)

Cascade

Population

712654

Median household income

$42,000$48,750

Median home value

$120,800$186,500

Median gross rent

$735$844

Simms

Population

342326

Median household income

$75,764$95,938

Median home value

$168,800$193,900

Median gross rent

$686$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cascade	Simms
Under 5	2.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	31.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	5.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	19.9%
65 to 74	16.8%	19.6%
75 and over	10.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade	Simms
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	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	2.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade	Simms
No high school diploma	7.7%	6.3%
High school graduate	43.2%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade	Simms
Drove alone	58.9%	82.4%
Carpooled	15.1%	3.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade	Simms
1-unit, detached	67.0%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Cascade	Simms
Poverty rate	13.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1969	1944