Froid vs Poplar

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

Froid 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 304 in Froid). Froid has the higher median household income ($70,750 vs $45,104 in Poplar). Poplar has the higher median home value ($91,700 vs $85,000 in Froid).

Population, income & housing

	Froid	Poplar
Population	304	655
Median age	15.5 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,750	$45,104
Median home value	$85,000	$91,700
Median gross rent	—	$680
Housing units	126	334
Homeownership rate	73.6%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Froid	Poplar
Population	235 → 304 (+29.4%)	852 → 655 (-23.1%)
Median household income	$71,563 → $70,750 (-1.1%)	$50,938 → $45,104 (-11.5%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $85,000 (-1.3%)	$80,000 → $91,700 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $475 (-54.4%)	$518 → $680 (+31.3%)

Froid

Population

235304

Median household income

$71,563$70,750

Median home value

$86,100$85,000

Median gross rent

$1,042$475

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)

	Froid	Poplar
Under 5	2.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	53.3%	24.4%
18 to 24	0.3%	15.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	2.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	3.9%	5.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	18.2%
65 to 74	5.9%	9.0%
75 and over	4.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Froid	Poplar
White (non-Hispanic)	45.7%	16.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	52.6%	76.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Froid	Poplar
No high school diploma	5.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	21.5%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	48.1%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Froid	Poplar
Drove alone	76.3%	85.1%
Carpooled	13.2%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.5%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Froid	Poplar
1-unit, detached	64.3%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Froid	Poplar
Poverty rate	3.5%	33.3%
Average household size	4.22	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	34	12
Median year structure built	1955	1954