Glacier Colony vs North Browning

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

Glacier Colony 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 390 in Glacier Colony).

Population, income & housing

	Glacier Colony	North Browning
Population	390	2,894
Median age	57.0 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$40,813
Median home value	—	$131,300
Median gross rent	—	$505
Housing units	20	821
Homeownership rate	70.0%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glacier Colony	North Browning
Population	0 → 390 (+0.0%)	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%)

Glacier Colony

Population

0390

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)

	Glacier Colony	North Browning
Under 5	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.5%
18 to 24	10.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.3%
45 to 54	4.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	26.4%	9.1%
65 to 74	23.3%	5.1%
75 and over	10.5%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glacier Colony	North Browning
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	1.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	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	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glacier Colony	North Browning
No high school diploma	75.7%	15.5%
High school graduate	4.6%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	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)

	Glacier Colony	North Browning
Drove alone	70.0%	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	30.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glacier Colony	North Browning
1-unit, detached	70.0%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	30.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Glacier Colony	North Browning
Poverty rate	62.6%	32.7%
Average household size	17.45	3.68
Mean commute (minutes)	—	13
Median year structure built	—	1987