Sand Coulee vs Simms

A side-by-side comparison of Sand Coulee and Simms: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Simms has the higher population (326 vs 146 in Sand Coulee). Sand Coulee has the higher median home value ($253,100 vs $193,900 in Simms). Since 2019, Simms's population has grown faster (-4.7% vs -30.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Sand Coulee	Simms
Population	146	326
Median age	46.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$95,938
Median home value	$253,100	$193,900
Housing units	71	133
Homeownership rate	87.3%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sand Coulee	Simms
Population	210 → 146 (-30.5%)	342 → 326 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $74,091 (+31.7%)	$75,764 → $95,938 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $253,100 (+76.0%)	$168,800 → $193,900 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $793 (+3.4%)	$686 → $675 (-1.6%)

Sand Coulee

Population

210146

Median household income

$56,250$74,091

Median home value

$143,800$253,100

Median gross rent

$767$793

Simms

Population

342326

Median household income

$75,764$95,938

Median home value

$168,800$193,900

Median gross rent

$686$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sand Coulee	Simms
Under 5	2.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	31.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	24.7%	5.5%
35 to 44	8.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	19.9%
65 to 74	17.1%	19.6%
75 and over	7.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sand Coulee	Simms
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sand Coulee	Simms
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.3%
High school graduate	31.4%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sand Coulee	Simms
Drove alone	96.8%	82.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sand Coulee	Simms
1-unit, detached	64.8%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Sand Coulee	Simms
Poverty rate	3.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.06	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1975	1944