Hot Springs vs Plains

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

Hot Springs 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 558 in Hot Springs). Plains has the higher median household income ($24,661 vs $21,319 in Hot Springs). Plains has the higher median home value ($209,200 vs $139,100 in Hot Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Hot Springs	Plains
Population	558	1,077
Median age	53.9 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$21,319	$24,661
Median home value	$139,100	$209,200
Median gross rent	$683	$782
Housing units	357	699
Homeownership rate	61.2%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hot Springs	Plains
Population	558 → 558 (+0.0%)	1,049 → 1,077 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$20,972 → $21,319 (+1.7%)	$33,155 → $24,661 (-25.6%)
Median home value	$96,000 → $139,100 (+44.9%)	$136,800 → $209,200 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $683 (+32.1%)	$663 → $782 (+17.9%)

Hot Springs

Population

558558

Median household income

$20,972$21,319

Median home value

$96,000$139,100

Median gross rent

$517$683

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)

	Hot Springs	Plains
Under 5	2.3%	1.9%
5 to 17	9.0%	12.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	16.3%
25 to 34	6.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	6.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	17.6%	4.3%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	21.1%	14.6%
75 and over	12.4%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hot Springs	Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	1.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hot Springs	Plains
No high school diploma	13.1%	10.5%
High school graduate	43.9%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hot Springs	Plains
Drove alone	48.7%	60.6%
Carpooled	20.9%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.4%	11.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	14.4%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hot Springs	Plains
1-unit, detached	73.7%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	2.9%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Hot Springs	Plains
Poverty rate	23.7%	19.1%
Average household size	1.93	1.69
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1953	1976