Montana City vs South Hills

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

Montana 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.

Montana City has the higher population (2,899 vs 634 in South Hills). South Hills has the higher median household income ($160,417 vs $125,223 in Montana City). South Hills has the higher median home value ($652,400 vs $519,100 in Montana City).

Population, income & housing

	Montana City	South Hills
Population	2,899	634
Median age	44.2 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$125,223	$160,417
Median home value	$519,100	$652,400
Median gross rent	$1,206	—
Housing units	1,111	226
Homeownership rate	95.8%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montana City	South Hills
Population	2,872 → 2,899 (+0.9%)	671 → 634 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$95,547 → $125,223 (+31.1%)	$146,875 → $160,417 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$345,300 → $519,100 (+50.3%)	$457,100 → $652,400 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,143 → $1,206 (+5.5%)	—

Montana City

Population

2,8722,899

Median household income

$95,547$125,223

Median home value

$345,300$519,100

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,206

South Hills

Population

671634

Median household income

$146,875$160,417

Median home value

$457,100$652,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montana City	South Hills
Under 5	6.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	23.7%
18 to 24	3.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	1.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.6%	21.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	22.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.4%
75 and over	5.6%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montana City	South Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	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	1.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montana City	South Hills
No high school diploma	3.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	17.9%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montana City	South Hills
Drove alone	74.9%	70.6%
Carpooled	11.0%	11.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	16.2%
Other means	0.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montana City	South Hills
1-unit, detached	86.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Montana City	South Hills
Poverty rate	2.9%	0.8%
Average household size	2.83	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	17	12
Median year structure built	1995	2000