Fort Shaw vs Simms

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

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

Simms has the higher population (326 vs 190 in Fort Shaw). Simms has the higher median household income ($95,938 vs $77,941 in Fort Shaw). Fort Shaw has the higher median home value ($198,200 vs $193,900 in Simms).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Shaw	Simms
Population	190	326
Median age	57.4 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,941	$95,938
Median home value	$198,200	$193,900
Housing units	103	133
Homeownership rate	78.9%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Shaw	Simms
Population	116 → 190 (+63.8%)	342 → 326 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$49,531 → $77,941 (+57.4%)	$75,764 → $95,938 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$227,300 → $198,200 (-12.8%)	$168,800 → $193,900 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$686 → $675 (-1.6%)

Fort Shaw

Population

116190

Median household income

$49,531$77,941

Median home value

$227,300$198,200

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)

	Fort Shaw	Simms
Under 5	8.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	4.2%	31.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	5.5%
35 to 44	18.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	20.0%	19.9%
65 to 74	20.5%	19.6%
75 and over	13.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Shaw	Simms
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	98.8%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Shaw	Simms
No high school diploma	10.8%	6.3%
High school graduate	51.8%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Shaw	Simms
Drove alone	70.9%	82.4%
Carpooled	15.5%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Shaw	Simms
1-unit, detached	57.3%	82.7%
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%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Shaw	Simms
Poverty rate	21.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.11	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1979	1944