Heron vs Hot Springs

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

Heron 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 312 in Heron). Heron has the higher median household income ($29,357 vs $21,319 in Hot Springs). Heron has the higher median home value ($415,400 vs $139,100 in Hot Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Heron	Hot Springs
Population	312	558
Median age	31.7 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$29,357	$21,319
Median home value	$415,400	$139,100
Median gross rent	—	$683
Housing units	119	357
Homeownership rate	63.0%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heron	Hot Springs
Population	141 → 312 (+121.3%)	558 → 558 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$44,583 → $29,357 (-34.2%)	$20,972 → $21,319 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$252,300 → $415,400 (+64.6%)	$96,000 → $139,100 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$517 → $683 (+32.1%)

Heron

Population

141312

Median household income

$44,583$29,357

Median home value

$252,300$415,400

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)

	Heron	Hot Springs
Under 5	21.8%	2.3%
5 to 17	9.6%	9.0%
18 to 24	1.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	23.1%	6.5%
35 to 44	0.6%	6.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	17.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	21.1%
75 and over	8.7%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heron	Hot Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heron	Hot Springs
No high school diploma	2.4%	13.1%
High school graduate	35.1%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heron	Hot Springs
Drove alone	78.8%	48.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	21.3%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heron	Hot Springs
1-unit, detached	89.1%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Heron	Hot Springs
Poverty rate	62.5%	23.7%
Average household size	2.89	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1977	1953