Outlook vs Westby

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

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

Westby has the higher population (253 vs 47 in Outlook). Outlook has the higher median household income ($50,313 vs $24,583 in Westby). Outlook has the higher median home value ($103,100 vs $61,900 in Westby).

Population, income & housing

	Outlook	Westby
Population	47	253
Median age	61.3 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	$24,583
Median home value	$103,100	$61,900
Median gross rent	—	$575
Housing units	21	132
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Outlook	Westby
Population	82 → 47 (-42.7%)	134 → 253 (+88.8%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $50,313 (-13.4%)	$67,321 → $24,583 (-63.5%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $103,100 (+23.8%)	$95,000 → $61,900 (-34.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$675 → $575 (-14.8%)

Outlook

Population

8247

Median household income

$58,125$50,313

Median home value

$83,300$103,100

Westby

Population

134253

Median household income

$67,321$24,583

Median home value

$95,000$61,900

Median gross rent

$675$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Outlook	Westby
Under 5	4.3%	0.4%
5 to 17	23.4%	4.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	6.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	36.4%
55 to 64	19.1%	24.1%
65 to 74	17.0%	8.7%
75 and over	19.1%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Outlook	Westby
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Outlook	Westby
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	41.2%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Outlook	Westby
Drove alone	63.6%	85.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Outlook	Westby
1-unit, detached	76.2%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Outlook	Westby
Poverty rate	21.3%	10.3%
Average household size	2.24	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1985	1962