Ashland vs Colstrip

A side-by-side comparison of Ashland and Colstrip: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Colstrip has the higher population (2,156 vs 956 in Ashland). Colstrip has the higher median household income ($86,000 vs $39,429 in Ashland). Colstrip has the higher median home value ($193,700 vs $137,500 in Ashland).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Colstrip
Population	956	2,156
Median age	33.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,429	$86,000
Median home value	$137,500	$193,700
Median gross rent	$638	$632
Housing units	475	980
Homeownership rate	23.4%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Colstrip
Population	957 → 956 (-0.1%)	2,448 → 2,156 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$42,443 → $39,429 (-7.1%)	$86,797 → $86,000 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $137,500 (+68.9%)	$119,000 → $193,700 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $638 (+11.9%)	$810 → $632 (-22.0%)

Ashland

Population

957956

Median household income

$42,443$39,429

Median home value

$81,400$137,500

Median gross rent

$570$638

Colstrip

Population

2,4482,156

Median household income

$86,797$86,000

Median home value

$119,000$193,700

Median gross rent

$810$632

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Colstrip
Under 5	5.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	23.4%	20.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	2.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	18.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	16.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	18.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.6%
75 and over	5.9%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Colstrip
White (non-Hispanic)	22.4%	72.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	71.2%	18.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Colstrip
No high school diploma	9.4%	3.3%
High school graduate	39.5%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Colstrip
Drove alone	67.9%	92.2%
Carpooled	14.4%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.8%
Worked from home	6.2%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Colstrip
1-unit, detached	55.4%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	6.7%
20 or more units	12.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	22.6%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Colstrip
Poverty rate	28.8%	9.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	18	11
Median year structure built	1980	1983