Glendive vs West Glendive

A side-by-side comparison of Glendive and West Glendive: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glendive has the higher population (4,831 vs 1,968 in West Glendive). Glendive has the higher median household income ($71,063 vs $57,743 in West Glendive). West Glendive has the higher median home value ($179,700 vs $176,900 in Glendive).

Population, income & housing

	Glendive	West Glendive
Population	4,831	1,968
Median age	44.1 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,063	$57,743
Median home value	$176,900	$179,700
Median gross rent	$832	$794
Housing units	2,279	918
Homeownership rate	69.5%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendive	West Glendive
Population	5,126 → 4,831 (-5.8%)	1,620 → 1,968 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$49,141 → $71,063 (+44.6%)	$67,500 → $57,743 (-14.5%)
Median home value	$161,500 → $176,900 (+9.5%)	$166,600 → $179,700 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $832 (+4.3%)	$688 → $794 (+15.4%)

Glendive

Population

5,1264,831

Median household income

$49,141$71,063

Median home value

$161,500$176,900

Median gross rent

$798$832

West Glendive

Population

1,6201,968

Median household income

$67,500$57,743

Median home value

$166,600$179,700

Median gross rent

$688$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendive	West Glendive
Under 5	4.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	17.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	7.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	18.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	14.7%	6.8%
75 and over	8.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendive	West Glendive
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendive	West Glendive
No high school diploma	7.7%	2.7%
High school graduate	25.4%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendive	West Glendive
Drove alone	85.4%	87.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	2.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendive	West Glendive
1-unit, detached	77.2%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Glendive	West Glendive
Poverty rate	9.8%	7.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	12
Median year structure built	1965	1971