Fortine vs Trego

A side-by-side comparison of Fortine and Trego: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Trego has the higher population (856 vs 378 in Fortine). Trego has the higher median household income ($91,667 vs $64,427 in Fortine). Trego has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $270,000 in Fortine).

Population, income & housing

	Fortine	Trego
Population	378	856
Median age	45.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,427	$91,667
Median home value	$270,000	$300,000
Median gross rent	—	$875
Housing units	217	323
Homeownership rate	85.0%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fortine	Trego
Population	421 → 378 (-10.2%)	569 → 856 (+50.4%)
Median household income	$68,036 → $64,427 (-5.3%)	$36,458 → $91,667 (+151.4%)
Median home value	$172,200 → $270,000 (+56.8%)	$276,700 → $300,000 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $1,058 (+41.6%)	$792 → $875 (+10.5%)

Fortine

Population

421378

Median household income

$68,036$64,427

Median home value

$172,200$270,000

Median gross rent

$747$1,058

Trego

Population

569856

Median household income

$36,458$91,667

Median home value

$276,700$300,000

Median gross rent

$792$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fortine	Trego
Under 5	7.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	10.8%	27.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	6.4%
35 to 44	15.3%	20.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	7.5%
55 to 64	20.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	19.8%	14.5%
75 and over	2.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fortine	Trego
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fortine	Trego
No high school diploma	4.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	45.3%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fortine	Trego
Drove alone	53.9%	57.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	19.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.9%	13.4%
Other means	4.6%	9.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fortine	Trego
1-unit, detached	84.8%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Fortine	Trego
Poverty rate	7.7%	3.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	50	28
Median year structure built	1999	1994