Babb vs South Browning

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

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

South Browning has the higher population (1,852 vs 279 in Babb). Since 2019, Babb's population has grown faster (+287.5% vs +15.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Babb	South Browning
Population	279	1,852
Median age	32.4 yrs	27.6 yrs
Median gross rent	—	$438
Housing units	84	698
Homeownership rate	77.9%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	17.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babb	South Browning
Population	72 → 279 (+287.5%)	1,600 → 1,852 (+15.8%)
Median household income	—	$17,450 → $26,101 (+49.6%)
Median home value	—	$72,500 → $34,400 (-52.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$371 → $438 (+18.1%)

Babb

Population

72279

South Browning

Population

1,6001,852

Median household income

$17,450$26,101

Median home value

$72,500$34,400

Median gross rent

$371$438

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babb	South Browning
Under 5	9.0%	12.0%
5 to 17	24.7%	21.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	10.4%
25 to 34	28.3%	20.4%
35 to 44	5.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	4.7%	5.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	0.4%	3.7%
75 and over	12.2%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babb	South Browning
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.3%	94.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babb	South Browning
No high school diploma	15.8%	20.1%
High school graduate	57.3%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babb	South Browning
Drove alone	63.9%	69.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	27.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babb	South Browning
1-unit, detached	89.3%	40.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	35.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Babb	South Browning
Poverty rate	16.1%	51.5%
Average household size	4.10	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	—	10
Median year structure built	1986	1975