Dixon vs Hot Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Dixon and Hot Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hot Springs has the higher population (558 vs 270 in Dixon). Dixon has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $21,319 in Hot Springs). Dixon has the higher median home value ($159,400 vs $139,100 in Hot Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon	Hot Springs
Population	270	558
Median age	36.6 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$21,319
Median home value	$159,400	$139,100
Median gross rent	$740	$683
Housing units	105	357
Homeownership rate	62.8%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	19.0%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon	Hot Springs
Population	216 → 270 (+25.0%)	558 → 558 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$27,500 → $43,750 (+59.1%)	$20,972 → $21,319 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$105,400 → $159,400 (+51.2%)	$96,000 → $139,100 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $740 (+28.7%)	$517 → $683 (+32.1%)

Dixon

Population

216270

Median household income

$27,500$43,750

Median home value

$105,400$159,400

Median gross rent

$575$740

Hot Springs

Population

558558

Median household income

$20,972$21,319

Median home value

$96,000$139,100

Median gross rent

$517$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixon	Hot Springs
Under 5	4.1%	2.3%
5 to 17	27.0%	9.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	7.0%	6.5%
35 to 44	10.0%	6.1%
45 to 54	8.9%	17.6%
55 to 64	16.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	21.1%
75 and over	3.7%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon	Hot Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	18.5%	4.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.0%	0.2%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon	Hot Springs
No high school diploma	13.3%	13.1%
High school graduate	38.0%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon	Hot Springs
Drove alone	44.0%	48.7%
Carpooled	19.0%	20.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	22.6%	13.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	14.3%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon	Hot Springs
1-unit, detached	52.4%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	45.7%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Dixon	Hot Springs
Poverty rate	28.9%	23.7%
Average household size	3.14	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1980	1953