Carter vs Highwood

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

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

Highwood has the higher population (209 vs 118 in Carter). Highwood has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $32,188 in Carter). Highwood has the higher median home value ($169,100 vs $107,500 in Carter).

Population, income & housing

	Carter	Highwood
Population	118	209
Median age	25.2 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$32,188	$71,875
Median home value	$107,500	$169,100
Housing units	23	90
Homeownership rate	78.3%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter	Highwood
Population	87 → 118 (+35.6%)	201 → 209 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $32,188 (-45.8%)	$47,000 → $71,875 (+52.9%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $107,500 (+45.3%)	$150,000 → $169,100 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$850 → $1,361 (+60.1%)

Carter

Population

87118

Median household income

$59,375$32,188

Median home value

$74,000$107,500

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)

	Carter	Highwood
Under 5	12.7%	10.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	19.1%
18 to 24	17.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	20.3%	17.2%
35 to 44	2.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	4.2%	17.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	5.7%
65 to 74	4.2%	9.6%
75 and over	8.5%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter	Highwood
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter	Highwood
No high school diploma	21.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	50.0%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter	Highwood
Drove alone	6.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	93.8%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter	Highwood
1-unit, detached	95.7%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Carter	Highwood
Poverty rate	28.8%	6.2%
Average household size	5.13	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1941	1980