Dixon vs Plains

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

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

Plains has the higher population (1,077 vs 270 in Dixon). Dixon has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $24,661 in Plains). Plains has the higher median home value ($209,200 vs $159,400 in Dixon).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon	Plains
Population	270	1,077
Median age	36.6 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$24,661
Median home value	$159,400	$209,200
Median gross rent	$740	$782
Housing units	105	699
Homeownership rate	62.8%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	19.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon	Plains
Population	216 → 270 (+25.0%)	1,049 → 1,077 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$27,500 → $43,750 (+59.1%)	$33,155 → $24,661 (-25.6%)
Median home value	$105,400 → $159,400 (+51.2%)	$136,800 → $209,200 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $740 (+28.7%)	$663 → $782 (+17.9%)

Dixon

Population

216270

Median household income

$27,500$43,750

Median home value

$105,400$159,400

Median gross rent

$575$740

Plains

Population

1,0491,077

Median household income

$33,155$24,661

Median home value

$136,800$209,200

Median gross rent

$663$782

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixon	Plains
Under 5	4.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	27.0%	12.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	16.3%
25 to 34	7.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	8.9%	4.3%
55 to 64	16.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	14.6%
75 and over	3.7%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon	Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	18.5%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon	Plains
No high school diploma	13.3%	10.5%
High school graduate	38.0%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon	Plains
Drove alone	44.0%	60.6%
Carpooled	19.0%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	22.6%	11.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon	Plains
1-unit, detached	52.4%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.7%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Dixon	Plains
Poverty rate	28.9%	19.1%
Average household size	3.14	1.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1980	1976