Hot Springs vs Trout Creek

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

Hot Springs and Trout Creek 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 340 in Trout Creek). Trout Creek has the higher median household income ($62,162 vs $21,319 in Hot Springs). Trout Creek has the higher median home value ($226,400 vs $139,100 in Hot Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Hot Springs	Trout Creek
Population	558	340
Median age	53.9 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$21,319	$62,162
Median home value	$139,100	$226,400
Median gross rent	$683	—
Housing units	357	149
Homeownership rate	61.2%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hot Springs	Trout Creek
Population	558 → 558 (+0.0%)	178 → 340 (+91.0%)
Median household income	$20,972 → $21,319 (+1.7%)	$41,471 → $62,162 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$96,000 → $139,100 (+44.9%)	$205,800 → $226,400 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $683 (+32.1%)	$875 → $833 (-4.8%)

Hot Springs

Population

558558

Median household income

$20,972$21,319

Median home value

$96,000$139,100

Median gross rent

$517$683

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)

	Hot Springs	Trout Creek
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.5%	4.4%
35 to 44	6.1%	28.5%
45 to 54	17.6%	7.9%
55 to 64	15.6%	27.4%
65 to 74	21.1%	10.3%
75 and over	12.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hot Springs	Trout Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	0.0%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hot Springs	Trout Creek
No high school diploma	13.1%	3.4%
High school graduate	43.9%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hot Springs	Trout Creek
Drove alone	48.7%	81.0%
Carpooled	20.9%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	9.5%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hot Springs	Trout Creek
1-unit, detached	73.7%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Hot Springs	Trout Creek
Poverty rate	23.7%	0.9%
Average household size	1.93	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	15	32
Median year structure built	1953	1994