Florence vs Hamilton

A side-by-side comparison of Florence and Hamilton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hamilton has the higher population (4,949 vs 993 in Florence). Florence has the higher median household income ($97,850 vs $52,917 in Hamilton). Florence has the higher median home value ($460,000 vs $299,800 in Hamilton).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	Hamilton
Population	993	4,949
Median age	53.8 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$97,850	$52,917
Median home value	$460,000	$299,800
Median gross rent	$694	$958
Housing units	458	2,849
Homeownership rate	82.6%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	Hamilton
Population	643 → 993 (+54.4%)	4,723 → 4,949 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$39,250 → $97,850 (+149.3%)	$32,006 → $52,917 (+65.3%)
Median home value	$282,800 → $460,000 (+62.7%)	$177,600 → $299,800 (+68.8%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $694 (-8.0%)	$754 → $958 (+27.1%)

Florence

Population

643993

Median household income

$39,250$97,850

Median home value

$282,800$460,000

Median gross rent

$754$694

Hamilton

Population

4,7234,949

Median household income

$32,006$52,917

Median home value

$177,600$299,800

Median gross rent

$754$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence	Hamilton
Under 5	3.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.3%
35 to 44	6.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	7.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	24.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	21.8%	13.6%
75 and over	3.2%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	Hamilton
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence	Hamilton
No high school diploma	1.2%	8.8%
High school graduate	34.8%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence	Hamilton
Drove alone	77.1%	76.7%
Carpooled	2.2%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	4.4%	6.6%
Bicycle	1.6%	2.4%
Worked from home	14.7%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence	Hamilton
1-unit, detached	81.0%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Florence	Hamilton
Poverty rate	6.8%	12.0%
Average household size	2.28	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	45	12
Median year structure built	1986	1976