Big Sandy vs Carter

A side-by-side comparison of Big Sandy and Carter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Big Sandy has the higher population (844 vs 118 in Carter). Big Sandy has the higher median household income ($58,083 vs $32,188 in Carter). Big Sandy has the higher median home value ($129,600 vs $107,500 in Carter).

Population, income & housing

	Big Sandy	Carter
Population	844	118
Median age	36.1 yrs	25.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,083	$32,188
Median home value	$129,600	$107,500
Median gross rent	$620	—
Housing units	330	23
Homeownership rate	59.1%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Sandy	Carter
Population	560 → 844 (+50.7%)	87 → 118 (+35.6%)
Median household income	$40,893 → $58,083 (+42.0%)	$59,375 → $32,188 (-45.8%)
Median home value	$93,800 → $129,600 (+38.2%)	$74,000 → $107,500 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $620 (+7.8%)	—

Big Sandy

Population

560844

Median household income

$40,893$58,083

Median home value

$93,800$129,600

Median gross rent

$575$620

Carter

Population

87118

Median household income

$59,375$32,188

Median home value

$74,000$107,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Sandy	Carter
Under 5	5.9%	12.7%
5 to 17	21.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	17.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	20.3%
35 to 44	17.3%	2.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	4.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	4.2%
75 and over	5.3%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Sandy	Carter
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.4%	7.6%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.2%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Sandy	Carter
No high school diploma	8.9%	21.0%
High school graduate	51.7%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Sandy	Carter
Drove alone	54.4%	6.3%
Carpooled	14.5%	93.8%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	10.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Sandy	Carter
1-unit, detached	73.3%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Big Sandy	Carter
Poverty rate	9.1%	28.8%
Average household size	2.96	5.13
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1962	1941