Manhattan vs Three Forks

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

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

Manhattan has the higher population (2,149 vs 2,034 in Three Forks). Three Forks has the higher median household income ($80,394 vs $69,671 in Manhattan). Manhattan has the higher median home value ($460,400 vs $382,400 in Three Forks).

Population, income & housing

	Manhattan	Three Forks
Population	2,149	2,034
Median age	41.5 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,671	$80,394
Median home value	$460,400	$382,400
Median gross rent	$1,700	$1,263
Housing units	909	895
Homeownership rate	71.7%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manhattan	Three Forks
Population	1,549 → 2,149 (+38.7%)	1,729 → 2,034 (+17.6%)
Median household income	$60,324 → $69,671 (+15.5%)	$65,357 → $80,394 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$253,900 → $460,400 (+81.3%)	$208,800 → $382,400 (+83.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,394 → $1,700 (+22.0%)	$1,083 → $1,263 (+16.6%)

Manhattan

Population

1,5492,149

Median household income

$60,324$69,671

Median home value

$253,900$460,400

Median gross rent

$1,394$1,700

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)

	Manhattan	Three Forks
Under 5	4.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	26.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	3.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	15.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	21.4%
65 to 74	13.4%	15.6%
75 and over	6.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manhattan	Three Forks
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manhattan	Three Forks
No high school diploma	0.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	27.7%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manhattan	Three Forks
Drove alone	80.4%	81.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manhattan	Three Forks
1-unit, detached	79.8%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	22.9%

Poverty & households

	Manhattan	Three Forks
Poverty rate	5.3%	6.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1989	1983