Babb vs North Browning

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

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

North Browning has the higher population (2,894 vs 279 in Babb). Since 2019, Babb's population has grown faster (+287.5% vs +1.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Babb	North Browning
Population	279	2,894
Median age	32.4 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$40,813
Median home value	—	$131,300
Median gross rent	—	$505
Housing units	84	821
Homeownership rate	77.9%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babb	North Browning
Population	72 → 279 (+287.5%)	2,861 → 2,894 (+1.2%)
Median household income	—	$31,731 → $40,813 (+28.6%)
Median home value	—	$74,100 → $131,300 (+77.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$399 → $505 (+26.6%)

Babb

Population

72279

North Browning

Population

2,8612,894

Median household income

$31,731$40,813

Median home value

$74,100$131,300

Median gross rent

$399$505

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babb	North Browning
Under 5	9.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	24.7%	26.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	28.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	5.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	4.7%	9.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	9.1%
65 to 74	0.4%	5.1%
75 and over	12.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babb	North Browning
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	1.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.3%	94.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babb	North Browning
No high school diploma	15.8%	15.5%
High school graduate	57.3%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babb	North Browning
Drove alone	63.9%	81.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.1%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babb	North Browning
1-unit, detached	89.3%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Babb	North Browning
Poverty rate	16.1%	32.7%
Average household size	4.10	3.68
Mean commute (minutes)	—	13
Median year structure built	1986	1987