Fort Shaw vs Gibson Flats

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Shaw and Gibson Flats: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Shaw and Gibson Flats are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gibson Flats has the higher population (203 vs 190 in Fort Shaw). Since 2019, Fort Shaw's population has grown faster (+63.8% vs +1.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Shaw	Gibson Flats
Population	190	203
Median age	57.4 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,941	—
Median home value	$198,200	—
Housing units	103	61
Homeownership rate	78.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Shaw	Gibson Flats
Population	116 → 190 (+63.8%)	200 → 203 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$49,531 → $77,941 (+57.4%)	—
Median home value	$227,300 → $198,200 (-12.8%)	—

Fort Shaw

Population

116190

Median household income

$49,531$77,941

Median home value

$227,300$198,200

Gibson Flats

Population

200203

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Shaw	Gibson Flats
Under 5	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.2%	33.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	18.9%	6.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	20.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	20.5%	40.4%
75 and over	13.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Shaw	Gibson Flats
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Shaw	Gibson Flats
No high school diploma	10.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	51.8%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Shaw	Gibson Flats
Drove alone	70.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	15.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Shaw	Gibson Flats
1-unit, detached	57.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Shaw	Gibson Flats
Poverty rate	21.1%	59.6%
Average household size	2.11	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1979	—