Crane vs Fairview

A side-by-side comparison of Crane and Fairview: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairview has the higher population (919 vs 185 in Crane). Fairview has the higher median household income ($80,903 vs $76,007 in Crane). Since 2019, Fairview's population has grown faster (+0.0% vs -0.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Crane	Fairview
Population	185	919
Median age	16.9 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,007	$80,903
Median home value	—	$178,800
Median gross rent	—	$689
Housing units	65	443
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.6%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crane	Fairview
Population	186 → 185 (-0.5%)	919 → 919 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$104,018 → $76,007 (-26.9%)	$73,750 → $80,903 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$366,700 → $196,300 (-46.5%)	$170,600 → $178,800 (+4.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$725 → $689 (-5.0%)

Crane

Population

186185

Median household income

$104,018$76,007

Median home value

$366,700$196,300

Fairview

Population

919919

Median household income

$73,750$80,903

Median home value

$170,600$178,800

Median gross rent

$725$689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crane	Fairview
Under 5	9.7%	0.4%
5 to 17	41.6%	26.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	8.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	5.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	19.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	15.1%	8.4%
75 and over	0.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crane	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
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%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crane	Fairview
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	11.1%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	45.6%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crane	Fairview
Drove alone	100.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crane	Fairview
1-unit, detached	90.8%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	30.0%

Poverty & households

	Crane	Fairview
Poverty rate	9.7%	8.2%
Average household size	2.85	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1988	1974