Carlton vs Clinton

A side-by-side comparison of Carlton and Clinton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clinton has the higher population (884 vs 497 in Carlton). Clinton has the higher median household income ($89,482 vs $81,648 in Carlton). Carlton has the higher median home value ($626,400 vs $326,100 in Clinton).

Population, income & housing

	Carlton	Clinton
Population	497	884
Median age	61.5 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,648	$89,482
Median home value	$626,400	$326,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,109
Housing units	279	412
Homeownership rate	100.0%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlton	Clinton
Population	750 → 497 (-33.7%)	757 → 884 (+16.8%)
Median household income	$40,486 → $81,648 (+101.7%)	$66,250 → $89,482 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$327,300 → $626,400 (+91.4%)	$212,500 → $326,100 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$925 → $1,109 (+19.9%)

Carlton

Population

750497

Median household income

$40,486$81,648

Median home value

$327,300$626,400

Clinton

Population

757884

Median household income

$66,250$89,482

Median home value

$212,500$326,100

Median gross rent

$925$1,109

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlton	Clinton
Under 5	1.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	4.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	8.0%	22.2%
45 to 54	2.2%	17.5%
55 to 64	32.4%	10.9%
65 to 74	22.7%	7.2%
75 and over	18.7%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlton	Clinton
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.8%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlton	Clinton
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	43.8%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlton	Clinton
Drove alone	77.9%	89.0%
Carpooled	10.9%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlton	Clinton
1-unit, detached	95.3%	62.9%
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	4.7%	37.1%

Poverty & households

	Carlton	Clinton
Poverty rate	14.7%	6.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1995	1998