Fort Benton vs Geraldine

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

Fort Benton and Geraldine 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 264 in Geraldine). Fort Benton has the higher median household income ($67,171 vs $42,639 in Geraldine). Fort Benton has the higher median home value ($201,900 vs $73,300 in Geraldine).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Benton	Geraldine
Population	1,470	264
Median age	43.3 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,171	$42,639
Median home value	$201,900	$73,300
Median gross rent	$745	$572
Housing units	732	159
Homeownership rate	76.8%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Benton	Geraldine
Population	1,523 → 1,470 (-3.5%)	179 → 264 (+47.5%)
Median household income	$44,318 → $67,171 (+51.6%)	$39,583 → $42,639 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$155,200 → $201,900 (+30.1%)	$70,000 → $73,300 (+4.7%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $745 (+28.0%)	$625 → $572 (-8.5%)

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

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)

	Fort Benton	Geraldine
Under 5	12.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	8.0%
18 to 24	0.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	5.7%
45 to 54	8.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.9%	30.3%
65 to 74	16.3%	12.1%
75 and over	13.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Benton	Geraldine
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Benton	Geraldine
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	37.0%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Benton	Geraldine
Drove alone	69.1%	68.4%
Carpooled	15.2%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	11.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.1%
Worked from home	2.8%	13.7%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Benton	Geraldine
1-unit, detached	74.3%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	26.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Benton	Geraldine
Poverty rate	3.0%	35.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1956	1958