Great Falls vs Malmstrom AFB

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

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

Great Falls has the higher population (60,412 vs 4,191 in Malmstrom AFB). Malmstrom AFB has the higher median household income ($64,079 vs $63,934 in Great Falls). Since 2019, Great Falls's population has grown faster (+2.7% vs +0.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Great Falls	Malmstrom AFB
Population	60,412	4,191
Median age	39.3 yrs	22.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,934	$64,079
Median home value	$237,400	—
Median gross rent	$866	$1,195
Housing units	28,333	1,230
Homeownership rate	68.4%	1.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Falls	Malmstrom AFB
Population	58,835 → 60,412 (+2.7%)	4,179 → 4,191 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$46,965 → $63,934 (+36.1%)	$51,410 → $64,079 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$176,500 → $237,400 (+34.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$729 → $866 (+18.8%)	$997 → $1,195 (+19.9%)

Great Falls

Population

58,83560,412

Median household income

$46,965$63,934

Median home value

$176,500$237,400

Median gross rent

$729$866

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)

	Great Falls	Malmstrom AFB
Under 5	5.1%	16.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	27.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	23.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	1.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	0.0%
75 and over	9.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Falls	Malmstrom AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	59.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.9%	1.8%
Asian	1.0%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	1.6%
Two or more races	5.7%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Falls	Malmstrom AFB
No high school diploma	5.8%	0.6%
High school graduate	31.9%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Falls	Malmstrom AFB
Drove alone	79.5%	67.3%
Carpooled	9.8%	21.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.4%
Walked	1.3%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.6%	4.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Falls	Malmstrom AFB
1-unit, detached	65.5%	15.3%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	66.7%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.5%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Great Falls	Malmstrom AFB
Poverty rate	14.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.25	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	15	14
Median year structure built	1965	2004