Birney vs Colstrip

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

Birney 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 81 in Birney). Since 2019, Colstrip's population has grown faster (-11.9% vs -26.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Birney	Colstrip
Population	81	2,156
Median age	26.1 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$86,000
Median home value	—	$193,700
Median gross rent	—	$632
Housing units	20	980
Homeownership rate	20.0%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birney	Colstrip
Population	110 → 81 (-26.4%)	2,448 → 2,156 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $62,813 (+19.1%)	$86,797 → $86,000 (-0.9%)
Median home value	—	$119,000 → $193,700 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$810 → $632 (-22.0%)

Birney

Population

11081

Median household income

$52,750$62,813

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)

	Birney	Colstrip
Under 5	39.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	9.9%	20.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	48.1%	2.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	18.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	18.5%
65 to 74	2.5%	9.6%
75 and over	0.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birney	Colstrip
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	72.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birney	Colstrip
No high school diploma	63.4%	3.3%
High school graduate	17.1%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birney	Colstrip
Drove alone	100.0%	92.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birney	Colstrip
1-unit, detached	60.0%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	40.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	22.6%

Poverty & households

	Birney	Colstrip
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.1%
Average household size	8.10	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	—	11
Median year structure built	1974	1983