Plains vs Trout Creek

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

Plains and Trout Creek 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 340 in Trout Creek). Trout Creek has the higher median household income ($62,162 vs $24,661 in Plains). Trout Creek has the higher median home value ($226,400 vs $209,200 in Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Plains	Trout Creek
Population	1,077	340
Median age	43.5 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$24,661	$62,162
Median home value	$209,200	$226,400
Median gross rent	$782	—
Housing units	699	149
Homeownership rate	50.4%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plains	Trout Creek
Population	1,049 → 1,077 (+2.7%)	178 → 340 (+91.0%)
Median household income	$33,155 → $24,661 (-25.6%)	$41,471 → $62,162 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$136,800 → $209,200 (+52.9%)	$205,800 → $226,400 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $782 (+17.9%)	$875 → $833 (-4.8%)

Plains

Population

1,0491,077

Median household income

$33,155$24,661

Median home value

$136,800$209,200

Median gross rent

$663$782

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)

	Plains	Trout Creek
Under 5	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	16.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	4.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	28.5%
45 to 54	4.3%	7.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	27.4%
65 to 74	14.6%	10.3%
75 and over	12.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plains	Trout Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	84.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	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	6.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plains	Trout Creek
No high school diploma	10.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	51.4%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plains	Trout Creek
Drove alone	60.6%	81.0%
Carpooled	14.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plains	Trout Creek
1-unit, detached	57.7%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.6%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Plains	Trout Creek
Poverty rate	19.1%	0.9%
Average household size	1.69	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	18	32
Median year structure built	1976	1994