Box Elder vs Hingham

A side-by-side comparison of Box Elder and Hingham: population, income, housing, and more.

Box Elder and Hingham are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hingham has the higher population (95 vs 39 in Box Elder). Box Elder has the higher median home value ($157,800 vs $93,800 in Hingham). Since 2019, Box Elder's population has grown faster (-17.0% vs -24.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Box Elder	Hingham
Population	39	95
Median age	24.8 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$85,000
Median home value	$157,800	$93,800
Housing units	20	58
Homeownership rate	64.7%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	25.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Box Elder	Hingham
Population	47 → 39 (-17.0%)	125 → 95 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$29,167 → $38,958 (+33.6%)	$43,571 → $85,000 (+95.1%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $157,800 (+136.6%)	$62,500 → $93,800 (+50.1%)

Box Elder

Population

4739

Median household income

$29,167$38,958

Median home value

$66,700$157,800

Hingham

Population

12595

Median household income

$43,571$85,000

Median home value

$62,500$93,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Box Elder	Hingham
Under 5	23.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	28.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	1.1%
45 to 54	15.4%	4.2%
55 to 64	28.2%	48.4%
65 to 74	5.1%	13.7%
75 and over	0.0%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Box Elder	Hingham
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	51.3%	0.0%
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+

	Box Elder	Hingham
No high school diploma	0.0%	24.2%
High school graduate	84.2%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Box Elder	Hingham
Drove alone	34.8%	93.0%
Carpooled	60.9%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Box Elder	Hingham
1-unit, detached	65.0%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Box Elder	Hingham
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1965	1948