Elkhorn vs Jefferson City

A side-by-side comparison of Elkhorn and Jefferson City: population, income, housing, and more.

Elkhorn and Jefferson City are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jefferson City has the higher population (446 vs 49 in Elkhorn).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhorn	Jefferson City
Population	49	446
Median age	—	38.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$73,875
Median home value	—	$282,000
Housing units	26	176
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	—	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhorn	Jefferson City
Population	0 → 49 (+0.0%)	581 → 446 (-23.2%)
Median household income	—	$62,083 → $73,875 (+19.0%)
Median home value	—	$249,000 → $282,000 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$547 → $1,285 (+134.9%)

Elkhorn

Population

049

Jefferson City

Population

581446

Median household income

$62,083$73,875

Median home value

$249,000$282,000

Median gross rent

$547$1,285

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkhorn	Jefferson City
Under 5	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	28.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	5.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	9.6%
65 to 74	100.0%	32.7%
75 and over	0.0%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhorn	Jefferson City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhorn	Jefferson City
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.4%
High school graduate	0.0%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	53.1%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	46.9%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhorn	Jefferson City
Drove alone	—	91.7%
Carpooled	—	0.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	1.4%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	6.9%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhorn	Jefferson City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	79.5%
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	0.0%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Elkhorn	Jefferson City
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.9%
Average household size	1.88	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	—	1994