Hobson vs Stanford

A side-by-side comparison of Hobson and Stanford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stanford has the higher population (266 vs 145 in Hobson). Stanford has the higher median household income ($52,045 vs $34,750 in Hobson). Stanford has the higher median home value ($170,100 vs $112,500 in Hobson).

Population, income & housing

	Hobson	Stanford
Population	145	266
Median age	66.4 yrs	62.1 yrs
Median household income	$34,750	$52,045
Median home value	$112,500	$170,100
Median gross rent	$619	$425
Housing units	93	180
Homeownership rate	85.1%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	23.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hobson	Stanford
Population	234 → 145 (-38.0%)	347 → 266 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $34,750 (-4.1%)	$38,900 → $52,045 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$111,500 → $112,500 (+0.9%)	$85,800 → $170,100 (+98.3%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $619 (+2.5%)	$433 → $425 (-1.8%)

Hobson

Population

234145

Median household income

$36,250$34,750

Median home value

$111,500$112,500

Median gross rent

$604$619

Stanford

Population

347266

Median household income

$38,900$52,045

Median home value

$85,800$170,100

Median gross rent

$433$425

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hobson	Stanford
Under 5	0.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	13.8%	5.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	1.4%	4.1%
35 to 44	2.1%	5.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.0%
55 to 64	8.3%	25.2%
65 to 74	23.4%	25.2%
75 and over	28.3%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hobson	Stanford
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	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	8.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hobson	Stanford
No high school diploma	6.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	46.8%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hobson	Stanford
Drove alone	66.7%	66.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.8%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hobson	Stanford
1-unit, detached	81.7%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Hobson	Stanford
Poverty rate	18.6%	19.9%
Average household size	1.96	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1955	1954