Frenchtown vs Wye

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

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

Frenchtown has the higher population (1,629 vs 1,222 in Wye). Wye has the higher median household income ($106,667 vs $90,767 in Frenchtown). Wye has the higher median home value ($520,700 vs $391,600 in Frenchtown).

Population, income & housing

	Frenchtown	Wye
Population	1,629	1,222
Median age	33.5 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,767	$106,667
Median home value	$391,600	$520,700
Median gross rent	$1,458	$1,804
Housing units	591	419
Homeownership rate	88.0%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frenchtown	Wye
Population	1,949 → 1,629 (-16.4%)	788 → 1,222 (+55.1%)
Median household income	$68,036 → $90,767 (+33.4%)	$72,826 → $106,667 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$297,300 → $391,600 (+31.7%)	$275,400 → $520,700 (+89.1%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $1,458 (+71.1%)	$1,156 → $1,804 (+56.1%)

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

Wye

Population

7881,222

Median household income

$72,826$106,667

Median home value

$275,400$520,700

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frenchtown	Wye
Under 5	15.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	22.0%	24.1%
18 to 24	1.8%	14.3%
25 to 34	15.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	27.5%
45 to 54	6.4%	2.5%
55 to 64	6.4%	9.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	2.3%
75 and over	9.6%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frenchtown	Wye
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	98.1%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frenchtown	Wye
No high school diploma	1.7%	1.2%
High school graduate	28.2%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frenchtown	Wye
Drove alone	90.0%	69.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	4.2%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frenchtown	Wye
1-unit, detached	87.5%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	19.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Frenchtown	Wye
Poverty rate	13.4%	4.3%
Average household size	3.00	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1993	2013