Blackfoot vs Glacier Colony

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

Blackfoot 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 95 in Blackfoot).

Population, income & housing

	Blackfoot	Glacier Colony
Population	95	390
Median age	55.1 yrs	57.0 yrs
Housing units	56	20
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackfoot	Glacier Colony
Population	57 → 95 (+66.7%)	0 → 390 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$16,293 → $15,625 (-4.1%)	—

Blackfoot

Population

5795

Median household income

$16,293$15,625

Glacier Colony

Population

0390

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackfoot	Glacier Colony
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	18.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.4%
55 to 64	36.8%	26.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	23.3%
75 and over	16.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackfoot	Glacier Colony
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackfoot	Glacier Colony
No high school diploma	29.3%	75.7%
High school graduate	32.9%	4.6%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	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)

	Blackfoot	Glacier Colony
Drove alone	100.0%	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	0.0%	30.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackfoot	Glacier Colony
1-unit, detached	62.5%	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	37.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blackfoot	Glacier Colony
Poverty rate	0.0%	62.6%
Average household size	1.98	17.45
Median year structure built	1938	—