Poplar vs Wolf Point

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

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

Wolf Point has the higher population (2,604 vs 655 in Poplar). Wolf Point has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $45,104 in Poplar). Wolf Point has the higher median home value ($124,600 vs $91,700 in Poplar).

Population, income & housing

	Poplar	Wolf Point
Population	655	2,604
Median age	28.7 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$45,104	$48,750
Median home value	$91,700	$124,600
Median gross rent	$680	$730
Housing units	334	1,100
Homeownership rate	78.4%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	16.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poplar	Wolf Point
Population	852 → 655 (-23.1%)	2,774 → 2,604 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$50,938 → $45,104 (-11.5%)	$43,555 → $48,750 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $91,700 (+14.6%)	$104,800 → $124,600 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$518 → $680 (+31.3%)	$628 → $730 (+16.2%)

Poplar

Population

852655

Median household income

$50,938$45,104

Median home value

$80,000$91,700

Median gross rent

$518$680

Wolf Point

Population

2,7742,604

Median household income

$43,555$48,750

Median home value

$104,800$124,600

Median gross rent

$628$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poplar	Wolf Point
Under 5	2.7%	9.1%
5 to 17	24.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	15.3%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	9.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	5.2%	6.8%
55 to 64	18.2%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.8%
75 and over	4.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poplar	Wolf Point
White (non-Hispanic)	16.5%	31.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	76.9%	48.9%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poplar	Wolf Point
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.2%
High school graduate	36.9%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poplar	Wolf Point
Drove alone	85.1%	73.4%
Carpooled	3.7%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	6.9%	13.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poplar	Wolf Point
1-unit, detached	68.0%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	9.9%
20 or more units	8.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Poplar	Wolf Point
Poverty rate	33.3%	25.9%
Average household size	2.94	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	12	13
Median year structure built	1954	1964