Culbertson vs Poplar

A side-by-side comparison of Culbertson and Poplar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Poplar has the higher population (655 vs 578 in Culbertson). Culbertson has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $45,104 in Poplar). Culbertson has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $91,700 in Poplar).

Population, income & housing

	Culbertson	Poplar
Population	578	655
Median age	46.1 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$103,750	$45,104
Median home value	$218,800	$91,700
Median gross rent	$1,044	$680
Housing units	301	334
Homeownership rate	76.9%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Culbertson	Poplar
Population	690 → 578 (-16.2%)	852 → 655 (-23.1%)
Median household income	$69,821 → $103,750 (+48.6%)	$50,938 → $45,104 (-11.5%)
Median home value	$159,100 → $218,800 (+37.5%)	$80,000 → $91,700 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,044 (+22.8%)	$518 → $680 (+31.3%)

Culbertson

Population

690578

Median household income

$69,821$103,750

Median home value

$159,100$218,800

Median gross rent

$850$1,044

Poplar

Population

852655

Median household income

$50,938$45,104

Median home value

$80,000$91,700

Median gross rent

$518$680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Culbertson	Poplar
Under 5	7.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	24.4%
18 to 24	2.2%	15.3%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	5.2%
55 to 64	21.8%	18.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.0%
75 and over	7.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Culbertson	Poplar
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	16.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.4%	76.9%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Culbertson	Poplar
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	23.9%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Culbertson	Poplar
Drove alone	69.3%	85.1%
Carpooled	13.1%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.7%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	4.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Culbertson	Poplar
1-unit, detached	74.1%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Culbertson	Poplar
Poverty rate	7.0%	33.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	17	12
Median year structure built	1963	1954