Heron vs Trout Creek

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

Heron 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 312 in Heron). Trout Creek has the higher median household income ($62,162 vs $29,357 in Heron). Heron has the higher median home value ($415,400 vs $226,400 in Trout Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Heron	Trout Creek
Population	312	340
Median age	31.7 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$29,357	$62,162
Median home value	$415,400	$226,400
Housing units	119	149
Homeownership rate	63.0%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heron	Trout Creek
Population	141 → 312 (+121.3%)	178 → 340 (+91.0%)
Median household income	$44,583 → $29,357 (-34.2%)	$41,471 → $62,162 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$252,300 → $415,400 (+64.6%)	$205,800 → $226,400 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$875 → $833 (-4.8%)

Heron

Population

141312

Median household income

$44,583$29,357

Median home value

$252,300$415,400

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)

	Heron	Trout Creek
Under 5	21.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.6%	14.7%
18 to 24	1.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	23.1%	4.4%
35 to 44	0.6%	28.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	7.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	27.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.3%
75 and over	8.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heron	Trout Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heron	Trout Creek
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	35.1%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heron	Trout Creek
Drove alone	78.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heron	Trout Creek
1-unit, detached	89.1%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Heron	Trout Creek
Poverty rate	62.5%	0.9%
Average household size	2.89	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1977	1994