Fort Benton vs Highwood

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

Fort Benton and Highwood 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 209 in Highwood). Highwood has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $67,171 in Fort Benton). Fort Benton has the higher median home value ($201,900 vs $169,100 in Highwood).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Benton	Highwood
Population	1,470	209
Median age	43.3 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,171	$71,875
Median home value	$201,900	$169,100
Median gross rent	$745	—
Housing units	732	90
Homeownership rate	76.8%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Benton	Highwood
Population	1,523 → 1,470 (-3.5%)	201 → 209 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$44,318 → $67,171 (+51.6%)	$47,000 → $71,875 (+52.9%)
Median home value	$155,200 → $201,900 (+30.1%)	$150,000 → $169,100 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $745 (+28.0%)	$850 → $1,361 (+60.1%)

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

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)

	Fort Benton	Highwood
Under 5	12.5%	10.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	0.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	17.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	8.1%	17.2%
55 to 64	9.9%	5.7%
65 to 74	16.3%	9.6%
75 and over	13.9%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Benton	Highwood
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	98.1%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Benton	Highwood
No high school diploma	4.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.0%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Benton	Highwood
Drove alone	69.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	15.2%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	14.1%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Benton	Highwood
1-unit, detached	74.3%	83.3%
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%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Fort Benton	Highwood
Poverty rate	3.0%	6.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1956	1980