Dixon vs Trout Creek

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

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

Trout Creek has the higher population (340 vs 270 in Dixon). Trout Creek has the higher median household income ($62,162 vs $43,750 in Dixon). Trout Creek has the higher median home value ($226,400 vs $159,400 in Dixon).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon	Trout Creek
Population	270	340
Median age	36.6 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$62,162
Median home value	$159,400	$226,400
Median gross rent	$740	—
Housing units	105	149
Homeownership rate	62.8%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	19.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon	Trout Creek
Population	216 → 270 (+25.0%)	178 → 340 (+91.0%)
Median household income	$27,500 → $43,750 (+59.1%)	$41,471 → $62,162 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$105,400 → $159,400 (+51.2%)	$205,800 → $226,400 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $740 (+28.7%)	$875 → $833 (-4.8%)

Dixon

Population

216270

Median household income

$27,500$43,750

Median home value

$105,400$159,400

Median gross rent

$575$740

Trout Creek

Population

178340

Median household income

$41,471$62,162

Median home value

$205,800$226,400

Median gross rent

$875$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixon	Trout Creek
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	27.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.0%	4.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	28.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	7.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	27.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.3%
75 and over	3.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon	Trout Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	18.5%	0.0%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon	Trout Creek
No high school diploma	13.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	38.0%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon	Trout Creek
Drove alone	44.0%	81.0%
Carpooled	19.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	22.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon	Trout Creek
1-unit, detached	52.4%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.7%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Dixon	Trout Creek
Poverty rate	28.9%	0.9%
Average household size	3.14	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1980	1994