Big Sandy vs Highwood

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

Big Sandy and Highwood 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 209 in Highwood). Highwood has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $58,083 in Big Sandy). Highwood has the higher median home value ($169,100 vs $129,600 in Big Sandy).

Population, income & housing

	Big Sandy	Highwood
Population	844	209
Median age	36.1 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,083	$71,875
Median home value	$129,600	$169,100
Median gross rent	$620	—
Housing units	330	90
Homeownership rate	59.1%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Sandy	Highwood
Population	560 → 844 (+50.7%)	201 → 209 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$40,893 → $58,083 (+42.0%)	$47,000 → $71,875 (+52.9%)
Median home value	$93,800 → $129,600 (+38.2%)	$150,000 → $169,100 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $620 (+7.8%)	$850 → $1,361 (+60.1%)

Big Sandy

Population

560844

Median household income

$40,893$58,083

Median home value

$93,800$129,600

Median gross rent

$575$620

Highwood

Population

201209

Median household income

$47,000$71,875

Median home value

$150,000$169,100

Median gross rent

$850$1,361

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Sandy	Highwood
Under 5	5.9%	10.5%
5 to 17	21.2%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	17.2%
35 to 44	17.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	17.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	5.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.6%
75 and over	5.3%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Sandy	Highwood
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	98.1%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Sandy	Highwood
No high school diploma	8.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	51.7%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Sandy	Highwood
Drove alone	54.4%	76.8%
Carpooled	14.5%	4.0%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	10.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Sandy	Highwood
1-unit, detached	73.3%	83.3%
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%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Big Sandy	Highwood
Poverty rate	9.1%	6.2%
Average household size	2.96	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1962	1980