Olney vs Polebridge

A side-by-side comparison of Olney and Polebridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Olney has the higher population (124 vs 49 in Polebridge). Since 2019, Polebridge's population has grown faster (+48.5% vs -15.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Olney	Polebridge
Population	124	49
Median age	55.6 yrs	74.6 yrs
Median household income	$19,875	—
Median home value	$312,500	—
Housing units	67	32
Homeownership rate	66.7%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olney	Polebridge
Population	146 → 124 (-15.1%)	33 → 49 (+48.5%)
Median household income	$31,023 → $19,875 (-35.9%)	—
Median home value	$232,100 → $312,500 (+34.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$531 → $571 (+7.5%)	—

Olney

Population

146124

Median household income

$31,023$19,875

Median home value

$232,100$312,500

Median gross rent

$531$571

Polebridge

Population

3349

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olney	Polebridge
Under 5	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	24.5%
45 to 54	3.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	39.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	40.8%
75 and over	10.5%	34.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olney	Polebridge
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	9.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olney	Polebridge
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	44.9%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olney	Polebridge
Drove alone	72.7%	50.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	50.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olney	Polebridge
1-unit, detached	88.1%	100.0%
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	11.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Olney	Polebridge
Poverty rate	16.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.07	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1979	1994