Carlton vs Piltzville

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

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

Piltzville has the higher population (605 vs 497 in Carlton). Carlton has the higher median household income ($81,648 vs $81,000 in Piltzville). Carlton has the higher median home value ($626,400 vs $457,000 in Piltzville).

Population, income & housing

	Carlton	Piltzville
Population	497	605
Median age	61.5 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,648	$81,000
Median home value	$626,400	$457,000
Housing units	279	200
Homeownership rate	100.0%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlton	Piltzville
Population	750 → 497 (-33.7%)	593 → 605 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$40,486 → $81,648 (+101.7%)	$83,466 → $81,000 (-3.0%)
Median home value	$327,300 → $626,400 (+91.4%)	$268,700 → $457,000 (+70.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,364 → $1,365 (+0.1%)

Carlton

Population

750497

Median household income

$40,486$81,648

Median home value

$327,300$626,400

Piltzville

Population

593605

Median household income

$83,466$81,000

Median home value

$268,700$457,000

Median gross rent

$1,364$1,365

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlton	Piltzville
Under 5	1.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	4.6%	19.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	19.8%
45 to 54	2.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	32.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	22.7%	14.9%
75 and over	18.7%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlton	Piltzville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.8%	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	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlton	Piltzville
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	43.8%	52.7%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlton	Piltzville
Drove alone	77.9%	97.0%
Carpooled	10.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlton	Piltzville
1-unit, detached	95.3%	93.0%
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%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Carlton	Piltzville
Poverty rate	14.7%	13.6%
Average household size	2.31	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1995	1938