Malmstrom AFB vs Ulm

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

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

Malmstrom AFB has the higher population (4,191 vs 868 in Ulm). Ulm has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $64,079 in Malmstrom AFB). Since 2019, Ulm's population has grown faster (+46.9% vs +0.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Malmstrom AFB	Ulm
Population	4,191	868
Median age	22.4 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,079	$103,750
Median home value	—	$331,100
Median gross rent	$1,195	—
Housing units	1,230	360
Homeownership rate	1.4%	98.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malmstrom AFB	Ulm
Population	4,179 → 4,191 (+0.3%)	591 → 868 (+46.9%)
Median household income	$51,410 → $64,079 (+24.6%)	$62,045 → $103,750 (+67.2%)
Median home value	—	$196,500 → $331,100 (+68.5%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,195 (+19.9%)	—

Malmstrom AFB

Population

4,1794,191

Median household income

$51,410$64,079

Median gross rent

$997$1,195

Ulm

Population

591868

Median household income

$62,045$103,750

Median home value

$196,500$331,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malmstrom AFB	Ulm
Under 5	16.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	18.7%	24.3%
18 to 24	27.5%	3.0%
25 to 34	23.3%	17.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	6.6%
45 to 54	1.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.1%
75 and over	0.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malmstrom AFB	Ulm
White (non-Hispanic)	59.8%	90.3%
Black or African American	8.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	1.3%
Asian	5.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malmstrom AFB	Ulm
No high school diploma	0.6%	3.6%
High school graduate	11.8%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	50.4%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malmstrom AFB	Ulm
Drove alone	67.3%	75.1%
Carpooled	21.7%	3.2%
Public transit	0.4%	12.5%
Walked	5.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malmstrom AFB	Ulm
1-unit, detached	15.3%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	66.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	25.8%

Poverty & households

	Malmstrom AFB	Ulm
Poverty rate	8.0%	5.2%
Average household size	3.13	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	14	28
Median year structure built	2004	1992