Flaxville vs Scobey

A side-by-side comparison of Flaxville and Scobey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Scobey has the higher population (824 vs 73 in Flaxville). Flaxville has the higher median household income ($102,727 vs $49,797 in Scobey). Scobey has the higher median home value ($184,800 vs $98,200 in Flaxville).

Population, income & housing

	Flaxville	Scobey
Population	73	824
Median age	57.6 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$102,727	$49,797
Median home value	$98,200	$184,800
Median gross rent	—	$585
Housing units	70	623
Homeownership rate	94.4%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flaxville	Scobey
Population	17 → 73 (+329.4%)	1,155 → 824 (-28.7%)
Median household income	$97,857 → $102,727 (+5.0%)	$54,107 → $49,797 (-8.0%)
Median home value	$102,500 → $98,200 (-4.2%)	$117,100 → $184,800 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$503 → $585 (+16.3%)

Flaxville

Population

1773

Median household income

$97,857$102,727

Median home value

$102,500$98,200

Scobey

Population

1,155824

Median household income

$54,107$49,797

Median home value

$117,100$184,800

Median gross rent

$503$585

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flaxville	Scobey
Under 5	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	13.1%
18 to 24	2.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	2.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	5.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	19.2%	8.5%
55 to 64	30.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	25.0%
75 and over	11.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flaxville	Scobey
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flaxville	Scobey
No high school diploma	15.3%	2.5%
High school graduate	39.0%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flaxville	Scobey
Drove alone	74.3%	77.4%
Carpooled	25.7%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flaxville	Scobey
1-unit, detached	91.4%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flaxville	Scobey
Poverty rate	32.9%	4.3%
Average household size	2.03	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	22	9
Median year structure built	1959	1952