Great Falls vs Ulm

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

Great Falls and Ulm 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 868 in Ulm). Ulm has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $63,934 in Great Falls). Ulm has the higher median home value ($331,100 vs $237,400 in Great Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Great Falls	Ulm
Population	60,412	868
Median age	39.3 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,934	$103,750
Median home value	$237,400	$331,100
Median gross rent	$866	—
Housing units	28,333	360
Homeownership rate	68.4%	98.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Falls	Ulm
Population	58,835 → 60,412 (+2.7%)	591 → 868 (+46.9%)
Median household income	$46,965 → $63,934 (+36.1%)	$62,045 → $103,750 (+67.2%)
Median home value	$176,500 → $237,400 (+34.5%)	$196,500 → $331,100 (+68.5%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $866 (+18.8%)	—

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

Ulm

Population

591868

Median household income

$62,045$103,750

Median home value

$196,500$331,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Falls	Ulm
Under 5	5.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	24.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	3.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	17.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	6.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.1%
75 and over	9.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Falls	Ulm
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	90.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.9%	1.3%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Falls	Ulm
No high school diploma	5.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	31.9%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Falls	Ulm
Drove alone	79.5%	75.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	3.2%
Public transit	0.8%	12.5%
Walked	1.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	6.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Falls	Ulm
1-unit, detached	65.5%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	25.8%

Poverty & households

	Great Falls	Ulm
Poverty rate	14.0%	5.2%
Average household size	2.25	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	15	28
Median year structure built	1965	1992