Outlook vs Plentywood

A side-by-side comparison of Outlook and Plentywood: population, income, housing, and more.

Outlook and Plentywood are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Plentywood has the higher population (1,677 vs 47 in Outlook). Plentywood has the higher median household income ($62,163 vs $50,313 in Outlook). Plentywood has the higher median home value ($148,800 vs $103,100 in Outlook).

Population, income & housing

	Outlook	Plentywood
Population	47	1,677
Median age	61.3 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	$62,163
Median home value	$103,100	$148,800
Median gross rent	—	$755
Housing units	21	980
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Outlook	Plentywood
Population	82 → 47 (-42.7%)	1,825 → 1,677 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $50,313 (-13.4%)	$52,008 → $62,163 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $103,100 (+23.8%)	$155,800 → $148,800 (-4.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$723 → $755 (+4.4%)

Outlook

Population

8247

Median household income

$58,125$50,313

Median home value

$83,300$103,100

Plentywood

Population

1,8251,677

Median household income

$52,008$62,163

Median home value

$155,800$148,800

Median gross rent

$723$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Outlook	Plentywood
Under 5	4.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	23.4%	12.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	19.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	17.0%	11.5%
75 and over	19.1%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Outlook	Plentywood
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	2.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Outlook	Plentywood
No high school diploma	0.0%	14.1%
High school graduate	41.2%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Outlook	Plentywood
Drove alone	63.6%	72.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	27.3%	0.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Outlook	Plentywood
1-unit, detached	76.2%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Outlook	Plentywood
Poverty rate	21.3%	12.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	—	9
Median year structure built	1985	1961