Frenchtown vs Missoula

A side-by-side comparison of Frenchtown and Missoula: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Missoula has the higher population (75,600 vs 1,629 in Frenchtown). Frenchtown has the higher median household income ($90,767 vs $65,329 in Missoula). Missoula has the higher median home value ($427,400 vs $391,600 in Frenchtown).

Population, income & housing

	Frenchtown	Missoula
Population	1,629	75,600
Median age	33.5 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,767	$65,329
Median home value	$391,600	$427,400
Median gross rent	$1,458	$1,120
Housing units	591	36,310
Homeownership rate	88.0%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frenchtown	Missoula
Population	1,949 → 1,629 (-16.4%)	73,710 → 75,600 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$68,036 → $90,767 (+33.4%)	$47,426 → $65,329 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$297,300 → $391,600 (+31.7%)	$279,700 → $427,400 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $1,458 (+71.1%)	$859 → $1,120 (+30.4%)

Frenchtown

Population

1,9491,629

Median household income

$68,036$90,767

Median home value

$297,300$391,600

Median gross rent

$852$1,458

Missoula

Population

73,71075,600

Median household income

$47,426$65,329

Median home value

$279,700$427,400

Median gross rent

$859$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frenchtown	Missoula
Under 5	15.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	22.0%	13.2%
18 to 24	1.8%	16.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	18.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.9%
45 to 54	6.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	6.4%	9.3%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.2%
75 and over	9.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frenchtown	Missoula
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	85.2%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.1%
Some other race	2.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frenchtown	Missoula
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	28.2%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frenchtown	Missoula
Drove alone	90.0%	67.5%
Carpooled	4.6%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	1.2%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.7%
Other means	4.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frenchtown	Missoula
1-unit, detached	87.5%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Frenchtown	Missoula
Poverty rate	13.4%	12.8%
Average household size	3.00	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1993	1981