Babb vs Browning

A side-by-side comparison of Babb and Browning: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Browning has the higher population (990 vs 279 in Babb). Since 2019, Babb's population has grown faster (+287.5% vs +5.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Babb	Browning
Population	279	990
Median age	32.4 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$34,318
Median home value	—	$121,100
Median gross rent	—	$617
Housing units	84	356
Homeownership rate	77.9%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babb	Browning
Population	72 → 279 (+287.5%)	940 → 990 (+5.3%)
Median household income	—	$31,750 → $34,318 (+8.1%)
Median home value	—	$89,000 → $121,100 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$620 → $617 (-0.5%)

Babb

Population

72279

Browning

Population

940990

Median household income

$31,750$34,318

Median home value

$89,000$121,100

Median gross rent

$620$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babb	Browning
Under 5	9.0%	9.4%
5 to 17	24.7%	24.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	12.0%
25 to 34	28.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	5.4%	14.9%
45 to 54	4.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.4%	9.8%
65 to 74	0.4%	5.1%
75 and over	12.2%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babb	Browning
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	2.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.3%	93.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babb	Browning
No high school diploma	15.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	57.3%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babb	Browning
Drove alone	63.9%	70.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.1%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babb	Browning
1-unit, detached	89.3%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Babb	Browning
Poverty rate	16.1%	40.6%
Average household size	4.10	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	—	13
Median year structure built	1986	1974