Thompson Falls vs Trout Creek

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

Thompson Falls and Trout Creek are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Thompson Falls has the higher population (1,568 vs 340 in Trout Creek). Trout Creek has the higher median household income ($62,162 vs $53,203 in Thompson Falls). Trout Creek has the higher median home value ($226,400 vs $182,200 in Thompson Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Thompson Falls	Trout Creek
Population	1,568	340
Median age	47.2 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,203	$62,162
Median home value	$182,200	$226,400
Median gross rent	$575	—
Housing units	746	149
Homeownership rate	78.0%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thompson Falls	Trout Creek
Population	1,460 → 1,568 (+7.4%)	178 → 340 (+91.0%)
Median household income	$33,516 → $53,203 (+58.7%)	$41,471 → $62,162 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$163,900 → $182,200 (+11.2%)	$205,800 → $226,400 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $575 (-20.7%)	$875 → $833 (-4.8%)

Thompson Falls

Population

1,4601,568

Median household income

$33,516$53,203

Median home value

$163,900$182,200

Median gross rent

$725$575

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)

	Thompson Falls	Trout Creek
Under 5	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	0.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	4.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	28.5%
45 to 54	15.1%	7.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	27.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.3%
75 and over	8.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thompson Falls	Trout Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	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	7.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thompson Falls	Trout Creek
No high school diploma	7.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	44.0%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thompson Falls	Trout Creek
Drove alone	78.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	11.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thompson Falls	Trout Creek
1-unit, detached	67.7%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Thompson Falls	Trout Creek
Poverty rate	7.7%	0.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	13	32
Median year structure built	1974	1994