Fairview vs Savage

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

Fairview and Savage 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 244 in Savage). Savage has the higher median household income ($87,083 vs $80,903 in Fairview). Savage has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $178,800 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Savage
Population	919	244
Median age	37.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,903	$87,083
Median home value	$178,800	$225,000
Median gross rent	$689	$667
Housing units	443	192
Homeownership rate	83.2%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Savage
Population	919 → 919 (+0.0%)	268 → 244 (-9.0%)
Median household income	$73,750 → $80,903 (+9.7%)	$67,667 → $87,083 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$170,600 → $178,800 (+4.8%)	$151,400 → $225,000 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $689 (-5.0%)	$541 → $667 (+23.3%)

Fairview

Population

919919

Median household income

$73,750$80,903

Median home value

$170,600$178,800

Median gross rent

$725$689

Savage

Population

268244

Median household income

$67,667$87,083

Median home value

$151,400$225,000

Median gross rent

$541$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Savage
Under 5	0.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	26.9%	9.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	11.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	4.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	21.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	12.7%
75 and over	4.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Savage
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	98.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Savage
No high school diploma	7.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	42.6%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Savage
Drove alone	82.4%	63.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.0%	31.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Savage
1-unit, detached	63.4%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	22.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.0%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Savage
Poverty rate	8.2%	9.8%
Average household size	2.71	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1974	1961