Belgrade vs Three Forks

A side-by-side comparison of Belgrade and Three Forks: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belgrade has the higher population (11,425 vs 2,034 in Three Forks). Belgrade has the higher median household income ($88,896 vs $80,394 in Three Forks). Belgrade has the higher median home value ($469,600 vs $382,400 in Three Forks).

Population, income & housing

	Belgrade	Three Forks
Population	11,425	2,034
Median age	33.2 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,896	$80,394
Median home value	$469,600	$382,400
Median gross rent	$1,582	$1,263
Housing units	4,858	895
Homeownership rate	55.5%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belgrade	Three Forks
Population	8,685 → 11,425 (+31.5%)	1,729 → 2,034 (+17.6%)
Median household income	$59,146 → $88,896 (+50.3%)	$65,357 → $80,394 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$243,200 → $469,600 (+93.1%)	$208,800 → $382,400 (+83.1%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $1,582 (+73.1%)	$1,083 → $1,263 (+16.6%)

Belgrade

Population

8,68511,425

Median household income

$59,146$88,896

Median home value

$243,200$469,600

Median gross rent

$914$1,582

Three Forks

Population

1,7292,034

Median household income

$65,357$80,394

Median home value

$208,800$382,400

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,263

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belgrade	Three Forks
Under 5	7.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	19.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	20.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.9%	7.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	21.4%
65 to 74	4.7%	15.6%
75 and over	2.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belgrade	Three Forks
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belgrade	Three Forks
No high school diploma	3.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	30.3%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belgrade	Three Forks
Drove alone	82.7%	81.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	0.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	9.1%
Other means	0.9%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belgrade	Three Forks
1-unit, detached	63.3%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	22.9%

Poverty & households

	Belgrade	Three Forks
Poverty rate	12.6%	6.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	2000	1983