Piltzville vs Wye

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

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

Wye has the higher population (1,222 vs 605 in Piltzville). Wye has the higher median household income ($106,667 vs $81,000 in Piltzville). Wye has the higher median home value ($520,700 vs $457,000 in Piltzville).

Population, income & housing

	Piltzville	Wye
Population	605	1,222
Median age	35.2 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,000	$106,667
Median home value	$457,000	$520,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,804
Housing units	200	419
Homeownership rate	53.5%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piltzville	Wye
Population	593 → 605 (+2.0%)	788 → 1,222 (+55.1%)
Median household income	$83,466 → $81,000 (-3.0%)	$72,826 → $106,667 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$268,700 → $457,000 (+70.1%)	$275,400 → $520,700 (+89.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,364 → $1,365 (+0.1%)	$1,156 → $1,804 (+56.1%)

Piltzville

Population

593605

Median household income

$83,466$81,000

Median home value

$268,700$457,000

Median gross rent

$1,364$1,365

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)

	Piltzville	Wye
Under 5	1.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	24.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	14.3%
25 to 34	19.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	19.8%	27.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	2.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	9.0%
65 to 74	14.9%	2.3%
75 and over	4.3%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piltzville	Wye
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piltzville	Wye
No high school diploma	2.3%	1.2%
High school graduate	52.7%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piltzville	Wye
Drove alone	97.0%	69.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piltzville	Wye
1-unit, detached	93.0%	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	7.0%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Piltzville	Wye
Poverty rate	13.6%	4.3%
Average household size	3.03	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1938	2013