Savage vs Sidney

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

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

Sidney has the higher population (6,235 vs 244 in Savage). Savage has the higher median household income ($87,083 vs $62,992 in Sidney). Sidney has the higher median home value ($249,100 vs $225,000 in Savage).

Population, income & housing

	Savage	Sidney
Population	244	6,235
Median age	40.5 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,083	$62,992
Median home value	$225,000	$249,100
Median gross rent	$667	$890
Housing units	192	3,260
Homeownership rate	53.1%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Savage	Sidney
Population	268 → 244 (-9.0%)	6,416 → 6,235 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$67,667 → $87,083 (+28.7%)	$59,125 → $62,992 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$151,400 → $225,000 (+48.6%)	$233,800 → $249,100 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$541 → $667 (+23.3%)	$840 → $890 (+6.0%)

Savage

Population

268244

Median household income

$67,667$87,083

Median home value

$151,400$225,000

Median gross rent

$541$667

Sidney

Population

6,4166,235

Median household income

$59,125$62,992

Median home value

$233,800$249,100

Median gross rent

$840$890

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Savage	Sidney
Under 5	5.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	9.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	11.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	4.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	21.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.7%
75 and over	7.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Savage	Sidney
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Savage	Sidney
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	44.4%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Savage	Sidney
Drove alone	63.8%	86.2%
Carpooled	3.5%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	31.9%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Savage	Sidney
1-unit, detached	58.3%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	22.4%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Savage	Sidney
Poverty rate	9.8%	8.6%
Average household size	1.71	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1961	1980