Trego vs West Kootenai

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

Trego and West Kootenai 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 397 in West Kootenai). Trego has the higher median household income ($91,667 vs $74,722 in West Kootenai). Trego has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $287,200 in West Kootenai).

Population, income & housing

	Trego	West Kootenai
Population	856	397
Median age	37.1 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,667	$74,722
Median home value	$300,000	$287,200
Median gross rent	$875	—
Housing units	323	209
Homeownership rate	73.1%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Trego	West Kootenai
Population	569 → 856 (+50.4%)	58 → 397 (+584.5%)
Median household income	$36,458 → $91,667 (+151.4%)	$23,333 → $74,722 (+220.2%)
Median home value	$276,700 → $300,000 (+8.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$792 → $875 (+10.5%)	—

Trego

Population

569856

Median household income

$36,458$91,667

Median home value

$276,700$300,000

Median gross rent

$792$875

West Kootenai

Population

58397

Median household income

$23,333$74,722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Trego	West Kootenai
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	27.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	3.9%	15.9%
25 to 34	6.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	20.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	7.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	25.7%
65 to 74	14.5%	12.3%
75 and over	3.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Trego	West Kootenai
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Trego	West Kootenai
No high school diploma	7.5%	37.9%
High school graduate	26.1%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Trego	West Kootenai
Drove alone	57.8%	18.1%
Carpooled	19.6%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	52.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	10.3%
Other means	9.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Trego	West Kootenai
1-unit, detached	85.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Trego	West Kootenai
Poverty rate	3.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.90	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1994	1998