Basin vs South Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Basin and South Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Hills has the higher population (634 vs 360 in Basin). South Hills has the higher median household income ($160,417 vs $49,167 in Basin). South Hills has the higher median home value ($652,400 vs $228,600 in Basin).

Population, income & housing

	Basin	South Hills
Population	360	634
Median age	54.1 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	$160,417
Median home value	$228,600	$652,400
Housing units	168	226
Homeownership rate	83.1%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basin	South Hills
Population	232 → 360 (+55.2%)	671 → 634 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$45,682 → $49,167 (+7.6%)	$146,875 → $160,417 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $228,600 (+46.3%)	$457,100 → $652,400 (+42.7%)

Basin

Population

232360

Median household income

$45,682$49,167

Median home value

$156,300$228,600

South Hills

Population

671634

Median household income

$146,875$160,417

Median home value

$457,100$652,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basin	South Hills
Under 5	1.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	23.7%
18 to 24	11.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	4.2%	1.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	17.8%	21.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	22.7%
65 to 74	20.3%	10.4%
75 and over	2.8%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basin	South Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basin	South Hills
No high school diploma	14.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.7%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basin	South Hills
Drove alone	82.0%	70.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basin	South Hills
1-unit, detached	91.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Basin	South Hills
Poverty rate	4.5%	0.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	43	12
Median year structure built	1976	2000