Sand Coulee vs Tracy

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

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

Sand Coulee has the higher population (146 vs 130 in Tracy). Sand Coulee has the higher median home value ($253,100 vs $123,200 in Tracy). Since 2019, Tracy's population has grown faster (-11.6% vs -30.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Sand Coulee	Tracy
Population	146	130
Median age	46.0 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$33,571
Median home value	$253,100	$123,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,080
Housing units	71	94
Homeownership rate	87.3%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sand Coulee	Tracy
Population	210 → 146 (-30.5%)	147 → 130 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $74,091 (+31.7%)	$37,083 → $33,571 (-9.5%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $253,100 (+76.0%)	$102,500 → $123,200 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $793 (+3.4%)	$1,550 → $1,080 (-30.3%)

Sand Coulee

Population

210146

Median household income

$56,250$74,091

Median home value

$143,800$253,100

Median gross rent

$767$793

Tracy

Population

147130

Median household income

$37,083$33,571

Median home value

$102,500$123,200

Median gross rent

$1,550$1,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sand Coulee	Tracy
Under 5	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	8.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	24.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.2%	17.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	33.8%
65 to 74	17.1%	14.6%
75 and over	7.5%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sand Coulee	Tracy
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	97.7%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sand Coulee	Tracy
No high school diploma	5.8%	1.8%
High school graduate	31.4%	65.8%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sand Coulee	Tracy
Drove alone	96.8%	62.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	28.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sand Coulee	Tracy
1-unit, detached	64.8%	60.6%
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%	39.4%

Poverty & households

	Sand Coulee	Tracy
Poverty rate	3.4%	18.5%
Average household size	2.06	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1975	1963