Big Sandy vs Geraldine

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

Big Sandy and Geraldine 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 264 in Geraldine). Big Sandy has the higher median household income ($58,083 vs $42,639 in Geraldine). Big Sandy has the higher median home value ($129,600 vs $73,300 in Geraldine).

Population, income & housing

	Big Sandy	Geraldine
Population	844	264
Median age	36.1 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,083	$42,639
Median home value	$129,600	$73,300
Median gross rent	$620	$572
Housing units	330	159
Homeownership rate	59.1%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Sandy	Geraldine
Population	560 → 844 (+50.7%)	179 → 264 (+47.5%)
Median household income	$40,893 → $58,083 (+42.0%)	$39,583 → $42,639 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$93,800 → $129,600 (+38.2%)	$70,000 → $73,300 (+4.7%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $620 (+7.8%)	$625 → $572 (-8.5%)

Big Sandy

Population

560844

Median household income

$40,893$58,083

Median home value

$93,800$129,600

Median gross rent

$575$620

Geraldine

Population

179264

Median household income

$39,583$42,639

Median home value

$70,000$73,300

Median gross rent

$625$572

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Sandy	Geraldine
Under 5	5.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.2%	8.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	9.1%
35 to 44	17.3%	5.7%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	30.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.1%
75 and over	5.3%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Sandy	Geraldine
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.4%	0.0%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Sandy	Geraldine
No high school diploma	8.9%	4.8%
High school graduate	51.7%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Sandy	Geraldine
Drove alone	54.4%	68.4%
Carpooled	14.5%	4.2%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	10.0%	11.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.1%
Worked from home	19.4%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Sandy	Geraldine
1-unit, detached	73.3%	73.6%
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%	26.4%

Poverty & households

	Big Sandy	Geraldine
Poverty rate	9.1%	35.2%
Average household size	2.96	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1962	1958