Plentywood vs Reserve

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

Plentywood and Reserve 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 23 in Reserve). Plentywood has the higher median household income ($62,163 vs $51,250 in Reserve). Plentywood has the higher median home value ($148,800 vs $90,000 in Reserve).

Population, income & housing

	Plentywood	Reserve
Population	1,677	23
Median age	49.5 yrs	64.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,163	$51,250
Median home value	$148,800	$90,000
Median gross rent	$755	—
Housing units	980	18
Homeownership rate	70.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plentywood	Reserve
Population	1,825 → 1,677 (-8.1%)	35 → 23 (-34.3%)
Median household income	$52,008 → $62,163 (+19.5%)	$32,083 → $51,250 (+59.7%)
Median home value	$155,800 → $148,800 (-4.5%)	$29,700 → $90,000 (+203.0%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $755 (+4.4%)	—

Plentywood

Population

1,8251,677

Median household income

$52,008$62,163

Median home value

$155,800$148,800

Median gross rent

$723$755

Reserve

Population

3523

Median household income

$32,083$51,250

Median home value

$29,700$90,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plentywood	Reserve
Under 5	5.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	4.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	4.3%
55 to 64	16.6%	17.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	30.4%
75 and over	16.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plentywood	Reserve
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	4.3%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plentywood	Reserve
No high school diploma	14.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	36.8%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plentywood	Reserve
Drove alone	72.2%	75.0%
Carpooled	10.6%	0.0%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	11.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	25.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plentywood	Reserve
1-unit, detached	75.0%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	27.8%

Poverty & households

	Plentywood	Reserve
Poverty rate	12.5%	43.5%
Average household size	2.19	1.64
Mean commute (minutes)	9	25
Median year structure built	1961	1955