Elliston vs Ovando

A side-by-side comparison of Elliston and Ovando: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elliston has the higher population (208 vs 47 in Ovando). Ovando has the higher median household income ($59,167 vs $41,719 in Elliston). Ovando has the higher median home value ($425,000 vs $248,300 in Elliston).

Population, income & housing

	Elliston	Ovando
Population	208	47
Median age	34.5 yrs	62.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,719	$59,167
Median home value	$248,300	$425,000
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	115	43
Homeownership rate	60.8%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elliston	Ovando
Population	207 → 208 (+0.5%)	64 → 47 (-26.6%)
Median household income	$63,125 → $41,719 (-33.9%)	$41,250 → $59,167 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $248,300 (+50.3%)	$256,300 → $425,000 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $775 (+32.9%)	$750 → $688 (-8.3%)

Elliston

Population

207208

Median household income

$63,125$41,719

Median home value

$165,200$248,300

Median gross rent

$583$775

Ovando

Population

6447

Median household income

$41,250$59,167

Median home value

$256,300$425,000

Median gross rent

$750$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elliston	Ovando
Under 5	12.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	2.1%
25 to 34	23.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	21.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	17.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	36.2%
75 and over	9.1%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elliston	Ovando
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	12.8%
Two or more races	6.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elliston	Ovando
No high school diploma	8.7%	2.2%
High school graduate	42.0%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	34.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elliston	Ovando
Drove alone	79.5%	65.4%
Carpooled	11.1%	0.0%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	19.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	15.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elliston	Ovando
1-unit, detached	78.3%	93.0%
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	21.7%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Elliston	Ovando
Poverty rate	9.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.14	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1973	2002