Plentywood vs Westby

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

Plentywood and Westby 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 253 in Westby). Plentywood has the higher median household income ($62,163 vs $24,583 in Westby). Plentywood has the higher median home value ($148,800 vs $61,900 in Westby).

Population, income & housing

	Plentywood	Westby
Population	1,677	253
Median age	49.5 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,163	$24,583
Median home value	$148,800	$61,900
Median gross rent	$755	$575
Housing units	980	132
Homeownership rate	70.0%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plentywood	Westby
Population	1,825 → 1,677 (-8.1%)	134 → 253 (+88.8%)
Median household income	$52,008 → $62,163 (+19.5%)	$67,321 → $24,583 (-63.5%)
Median home value	$155,800 → $148,800 (-4.5%)	$95,000 → $61,900 (-34.8%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $755 (+4.4%)	$675 → $575 (-14.8%)

Plentywood

Population

1,8251,677

Median household income

$52,008$62,163

Median home value

$155,800$148,800

Median gross rent

$723$755

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)

	Plentywood	Westby
Under 5	5.2%	0.4%
5 to 17	12.2%	4.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	4.7%
25 to 34	8.6%	3.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	6.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	36.4%
55 to 64	16.6%	24.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.7%
75 and over	16.0%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plentywood	Westby
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.0%
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	Westby
No high school diploma	14.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	36.8%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plentywood	Westby
Drove alone	72.2%	85.3%
Carpooled	10.6%	1.3%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	11.2%	13.3%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	0.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plentywood	Westby
1-unit, detached	75.0%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.8%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Plentywood	Westby
Poverty rate	12.5%	10.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	9	18
Median year structure built	1961	1962