Monarch vs Riceville

A side-by-side comparison of Monarch and Riceville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Riceville has the higher population (26 vs 23 in Monarch). Since 2019, Monarch's population has grown faster (+360.0% vs -23.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Monarch	Riceville
Population	23	26
Median age	77.1 yrs	39.9 yrs
Housing units	66	6
Homeownership rate	64.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	—	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monarch	Riceville
Population	5 → 23 (+360.0%)	34 → 26 (-23.5%)

Monarch

Population

523

Riceville

Population

3426

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monarch	Riceville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	26.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	46.2%
65 to 74	47.8%	0.0%
75 and over	52.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monarch	Riceville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monarch	Riceville
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.8%	68.4%
Some college or associate's	52.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monarch	Riceville
Drove alone	—	100.0%
Carpooled	—	0.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	0.0%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monarch	Riceville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Monarch	Riceville
Poverty rate	26.1%	0.0%
Average household size	1.35	4.33
Median year structure built	1938	—