Babb vs Glacier Colony

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

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

Glacier Colony has the higher population (390 vs 279 in Babb).

Population, income & housing

	Babb	Glacier Colony
Population	279	390
Median age	32.4 yrs	57.0 yrs
Housing units	84	20
Homeownership rate	77.9%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babb	Glacier Colony
Population	72 → 279 (+287.5%)	0 → 390 (+0.0%)

Babb

Population

72279

Glacier Colony

Population

0390

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babb	Glacier Colony
Under 5	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	28.3%	10.3%
35 to 44	5.4%	14.9%
45 to 54	4.7%	4.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	26.4%
65 to 74	0.4%	23.3%
75 and over	12.2%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babb	Glacier Colony
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.3%	4.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babb	Glacier Colony
No high school diploma	15.8%	75.7%
High school graduate	57.3%	4.6%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babb	Glacier Colony
Drove alone	63.9%	70.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.1%	30.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babb	Glacier Colony
1-unit, detached	89.3%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	30.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Babb	Glacier Colony
Poverty rate	16.1%	62.6%
Average household size	4.10	17.45
Median year structure built	1986	—