Carter vs Fort Benton

A side-by-side comparison of Carter and Fort Benton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Benton has the higher population (1,470 vs 118 in Carter). Fort Benton has the higher median household income ($67,171 vs $32,188 in Carter). Fort Benton has the higher median home value ($201,900 vs $107,500 in Carter).

Population, income & housing

	Carter	Fort Benton
Population	118	1,470
Median age	25.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,188	$67,171
Median home value	$107,500	$201,900
Median gross rent	—	$745
Housing units	23	732
Homeownership rate	78.3%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter	Fort Benton
Population	87 → 118 (+35.6%)	1,523 → 1,470 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $32,188 (-45.8%)	$44,318 → $67,171 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $107,500 (+45.3%)	$155,200 → $201,900 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$582 → $745 (+28.0%)

Carter

Population

87118

Median household income

$59,375$32,188

Median home value

$74,000$107,500

Fort Benton

Population

1,5231,470

Median household income

$44,318$67,171

Median home value

$155,200$201,900

Median gross rent

$582$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter	Fort Benton
Under 5	12.7%	12.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	17.8%	0.9%
25 to 34	20.3%	9.9%
35 to 44	2.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	4.2%	8.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	4.2%	16.3%
75 and over	8.5%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter	Fort Benton
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.6%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter	Fort Benton
No high school diploma	21.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	50.0%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter	Fort Benton
Drove alone	6.3%	69.1%
Carpooled	93.8%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter	Fort Benton
1-unit, detached	95.7%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Carter	Fort Benton
Poverty rate	28.8%	3.0%
Average household size	5.13	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1941	1956