Babb vs St. Mary

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

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

Babb has the higher population (279 vs 209 in St. Mary). Since 2019, Babb's population has grown faster (+287.5% vs -63.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Babb	St. Mary
Population	279	209
Median age	32.4 yrs	22.0 yrs
Housing units	84	80
Homeownership rate	77.9%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babb	St. Mary
Population	72 → 279 (+287.5%)	579 → 209 (-63.9%)

Babb

Population

72279

St. Mary

Population

579209

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babb	St. Mary
Under 5	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.7%	7.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	60.8%
25 to 34	28.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	5.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	4.7%	7.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.4%	0.0%
75 and over	12.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babb	St. Mary
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	71.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.3%	8.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	7.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babb	St. Mary
No high school diploma	15.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	57.3%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babb	St. Mary
Drove alone	63.9%	51.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	34.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.1%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babb	St. Mary
1-unit, detached	89.3%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	30.0%

Poverty & households

	Babb	St. Mary
Poverty rate	16.1%	52.6%
Average household size	4.10	1.60
Mean commute (minutes)	—	12
Median year structure built	1986	1976