Saco vs Whitewater

A side-by-side comparison of Saco and Whitewater: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Saco has the higher population (154 vs 100 in Whitewater). Saco has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $35,417 in Whitewater). Whitewater has the higher median home value ($79,000 vs $64,400 in Saco).

Population, income & housing

	Saco	Whitewater
Population	154	100
Median age	48.0 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$35,417
Median home value	$64,400	$79,000
Median gross rent	$900	$267
Housing units	109	55
Homeownership rate	84.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saco	Whitewater
Population	244 → 154 (-36.9%)	127 → 100 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $51,250 (+20.6%)	$41,750 → $35,417 (-15.2%)
Median home value	$53,900 → $64,400 (+19.5%)	$210,400 → $79,000 (-62.5%)
Median gross rent	$367 → $900 (+145.2%)	$286 → $267 (-6.6%)

Saco

Population

244154

Median household income

$42,500$51,250

Median home value

$53,900$64,400

Median gross rent

$367$900

Whitewater

Population

127100

Median household income

$41,750$35,417

Median home value

$210,400$79,000

Median gross rent

$286$267

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Saco	Whitewater
Under 5	10.4%	12.0%
5 to 17	3.2%	19.0%
18 to 24	15.6%	3.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	23.0%
35 to 44	1.9%	15.0%
45 to 54	9.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	6.0%
65 to 74	18.2%	8.0%
75 and over	9.7%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saco	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	67.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
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%	32.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saco	Whitewater
No high school diploma	3.7%	12.1%
High school graduate	48.6%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	34.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saco	Whitewater
Drove alone	74.4%	53.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	36.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saco	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	85.3%	43.6%
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	14.7%	56.4%

Poverty & households

	Saco	Whitewater
Poverty rate	33.1%	27.0%
Average household size	1.95	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	35	12
Median year structure built	1938	1982