Fort Shaw vs Sand Coulee

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

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

Fort Shaw has the higher population (190 vs 146 in Sand Coulee). Sand Coulee has the higher median home value ($253,100 vs $198,200 in Fort Shaw). Since 2019, Fort Shaw's population has grown faster (+63.8% vs -30.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Shaw	Sand Coulee
Population	190	146
Median age	57.4 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,941	—
Median home value	$198,200	$253,100
Housing units	103	71
Homeownership rate	78.9%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Shaw	Sand Coulee
Population	116 → 190 (+63.8%)	210 → 146 (-30.5%)
Median household income	$49,531 → $77,941 (+57.4%)	$56,250 → $74,091 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$227,300 → $198,200 (-12.8%)	$143,800 → $253,100 (+76.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$767 → $793 (+3.4%)

Fort Shaw

Population

116190

Median household income

$49,531$77,941

Median home value

$227,300$198,200

Sand Coulee

Population

210146

Median household income

$56,250$74,091

Median home value

$143,800$253,100

Median gross rent

$767$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Shaw	Sand Coulee
Under 5	8.4%	2.1%
5 to 17	4.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	24.7%
35 to 44	18.9%	8.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	20.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	20.5%	17.1%
75 and over	13.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Shaw	Sand Coulee
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Shaw	Sand Coulee
No high school diploma	10.8%	5.8%
High school graduate	51.8%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Shaw	Sand Coulee
Drove alone	70.9%	96.8%
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%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Shaw	Sand Coulee
1-unit, detached	57.3%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.7%	28.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Shaw	Sand Coulee
Poverty rate	21.1%	3.4%
Average household size	2.11	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1979	1975