Malmstrom AFB vs Vaughn

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

Malmstrom AFB and Vaughn 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 970 in Vaughn). Malmstrom AFB has the higher median household income ($64,079 vs $54,250 in Vaughn). Since 2019, Vaughn's population has grown faster (+20.2% vs +0.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Malmstrom AFB	Vaughn
Population	4,191	970
Median age	22.4 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,079	$54,250
Median home value	—	$165,600
Median gross rent	$1,195	$865
Housing units	1,230	438
Homeownership rate	1.4%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malmstrom AFB	Vaughn
Population	4,179 → 4,191 (+0.3%)	807 → 970 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$51,410 → $64,079 (+24.6%)	$52,250 → $54,250 (+3.8%)
Median home value	—	$140,200 → $165,600 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,195 (+19.9%)	$760 → $865 (+13.8%)

Malmstrom AFB

Population

4,1794,191

Median household income

$51,410$64,079

Median gross rent

$997$1,195

Vaughn

Population

807970

Median household income

$52,250$54,250

Median home value

$140,200$165,600

Median gross rent

$760$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malmstrom AFB	Vaughn
Under 5	16.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	17.6%
18 to 24	27.5%	13.0%
25 to 34	23.3%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	1.5%	14.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	5.6%
75 and over	0.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malmstrom AFB	Vaughn
White (non-Hispanic)	59.8%	88.9%
Black or African American	8.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	2.8%
Asian	5.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malmstrom AFB	Vaughn
No high school diploma	0.6%	1.1%
High school graduate	11.8%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	50.4%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malmstrom AFB	Vaughn
Drove alone	67.3%	84.4%
Carpooled	21.7%	4.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.9%
Walked	5.5%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malmstrom AFB	Vaughn
1-unit, detached	15.3%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	66.7%	0.7%
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%	38.1%

Poverty & households

	Malmstrom AFB	Vaughn
Poverty rate	8.0%	10.3%
Average household size	3.13	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	2004	1979