Frenchtown vs Orchard Homes

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

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

Orchard Homes has the higher population (5,280 vs 1,629 in Frenchtown). Frenchtown has the higher median household income ($90,767 vs $68,649 in Orchard Homes). Orchard Homes has the higher median home value ($473,100 vs $391,600 in Frenchtown).

Population, income & housing

	Frenchtown	Orchard Homes
Population	1,629	5,280
Median age	33.5 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$90,767	$68,649
Median home value	$391,600	$473,100
Median gross rent	$1,458	$962
Housing units	591	2,344
Homeownership rate	88.0%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frenchtown	Orchard Homes
Population	1,949 → 1,629 (-16.4%)	5,847 → 5,280 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$68,036 → $90,767 (+33.4%)	$67,533 → $68,649 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$297,300 → $391,600 (+31.7%)	$312,000 → $473,100 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $1,458 (+71.1%)	$958 → $962 (+0.4%)

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

Orchard Homes

Population

5,8475,280

Median household income

$67,533$68,649

Median home value

$312,000$473,100

Median gross rent

$958$962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frenchtown	Orchard Homes
Under 5	15.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	22.0%	10.7%
18 to 24	1.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	16.1%
45 to 54	6.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	6.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	13.1%
75 and over	9.6%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frenchtown	Orchard Homes
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	88.1%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frenchtown	Orchard Homes
No high school diploma	1.7%	1.9%
High school graduate	28.2%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frenchtown	Orchard Homes
Drove alone	90.0%	70.8%
Carpooled	4.6%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	9.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.2%
Other means	4.2%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frenchtown	Orchard Homes
1-unit, detached	87.5%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Frenchtown	Orchard Homes
Poverty rate	13.4%	9.7%
Average household size	3.00	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1993	1976