Heron vs Plains

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

Heron 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 312 in Heron). Heron has the higher median household income ($29,357 vs $24,661 in Plains). Heron has the higher median home value ($415,400 vs $209,200 in Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Heron	Plains
Population	312	1,077
Median age	31.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$29,357	$24,661
Median home value	$415,400	$209,200
Median gross rent	—	$782
Housing units	119	699
Homeownership rate	63.0%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heron	Plains
Population	141 → 312 (+121.3%)	1,049 → 1,077 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$44,583 → $29,357 (-34.2%)	$33,155 → $24,661 (-25.6%)
Median home value	$252,300 → $415,400 (+64.6%)	$136,800 → $209,200 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$663 → $782 (+17.9%)

Heron

Population

141312

Median household income

$44,583$29,357

Median home value

$252,300$415,400

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)

	Heron	Plains
Under 5	21.8%	1.9%
5 to 17	9.6%	12.1%
18 to 24	1.9%	16.3%
25 to 34	23.1%	9.5%
35 to 44	0.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	4.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	14.6%
75 and over	8.7%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heron	Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heron	Plains
No high school diploma	2.4%	10.5%
High school graduate	35.1%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heron	Plains
Drove alone	78.8%	60.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heron	Plains
1-unit, detached	89.1%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Heron	Plains
Poverty rate	62.5%	19.1%
Average household size	2.89	1.69
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1977	1976