Jefferson City vs South Hills

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

Jefferson City 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 446 in Jefferson City). South Hills has the higher median household income ($160,417 vs $73,875 in Jefferson City). South Hills has the higher median home value ($652,400 vs $282,000 in Jefferson City).

Population, income & housing

	Jefferson City	South Hills
Population	446	634
Median age	38.8 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,875	$160,417
Median home value	$282,000	$652,400
Housing units	176	226
Homeownership rate	100.0%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jefferson City	South Hills
Population	581 → 446 (-23.2%)	671 → 634 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$62,083 → $73,875 (+19.0%)	$146,875 → $160,417 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$249,000 → $282,000 (+13.3%)	$457,100 → $652,400 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $1,285 (+134.9%)	—

Jefferson City

Population

581446

Median household income

$62,083$73,875

Median home value

$249,000$282,000

Median gross rent

$547$1,285

South Hills

Population

671634

Median household income

$146,875$160,417

Median home value

$457,100$652,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jefferson City	South Hills
Under 5	2.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	28.3%	23.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	1.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	5.2%	21.3%
55 to 64	9.6%	22.7%
65 to 74	32.7%	10.4%
75 and over	1.1%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jefferson City	South Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.7%
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	2.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jefferson City	South Hills
No high school diploma	8.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.8%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jefferson City	South Hills
Drove alone	91.7%	70.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	Jefferson City	South Hills
Poverty rate	4.9%	0.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	27	12
Median year structure built	1994	2000