Four Corners vs Three Forks

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

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

Four Corners has the higher population (5,562 vs 2,034 in Three Forks). Four Corners has the higher median household income ($111,474 vs $80,394 in Three Forks). Four Corners has the higher median home value ($620,200 vs $382,400 in Three Forks).

Population, income & housing

	Four Corners	Three Forks
Population	5,562	2,034
Median age	34.0 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$111,474	$80,394
Median home value	$620,200	$382,400
Median gross rent	$1,192	$1,263
Housing units	2,197	895
Homeownership rate	80.5%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.9%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	0.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Four Corners	Three Forks
Population	5,084 → 5,562 (+9.4%)	1,729 → 2,034 (+17.6%)
Median household income	$81,089 → $111,474 (+37.5%)	$65,357 → $80,394 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$396,000 → $620,200 (+56.6%)	$208,800 → $382,400 (+83.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,102 → $1,192 (+8.2%)	$1,083 → $1,263 (+16.6%)

Four Corners

Population

5,0845,562

Median household income

$81,089$111,474

Median home value

$396,000$620,200

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,192

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)

	Four Corners	Three Forks
Under 5	7.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	26.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	16.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	7.1%
55 to 64	5.9%	21.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	15.6%
75 and over	4.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Four Corners	Three Forks
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	93.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Four Corners	Three Forks
No high school diploma	0.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	17.3%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.6%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Four Corners	Three Forks
Drove alone	77.2%	81.3%
Carpooled	1.8%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	9.1%
Other means	0.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Four Corners	Three Forks
1-unit, detached	67.4%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	22.9%

Poverty & households

	Four Corners	Three Forks
Poverty rate	6.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.73	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	2008	1983