Reserve vs Westby

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

Reserve 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 23 in Reserve). Reserve has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $24,583 in Westby). Reserve has the higher median home value ($90,000 vs $61,900 in Westby).

Population, income & housing

	Reserve	Westby
Population	23	253
Median age	64.2 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$24,583
Median home value	$90,000	$61,900
Median gross rent	—	$575
Housing units	18	132
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reserve	Westby
Population	35 → 23 (-34.3%)	134 → 253 (+88.8%)
Median household income	$32,083 → $51,250 (+59.7%)	$67,321 → $24,583 (-63.5%)
Median home value	$29,700 → $90,000 (+203.0%)	$95,000 → $61,900 (-34.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$675 → $575 (-14.8%)

Reserve

Population

3523

Median household income

$32,083$51,250

Median home value

$29,700$90,000

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)

	Reserve	Westby
Under 5	4.3%	0.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	4.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	3.2%
35 to 44	4.3%	6.3%
45 to 54	4.3%	36.4%
55 to 64	17.4%	24.1%
65 to 74	30.4%	8.7%
75 and over	8.7%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reserve	Westby
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.3%	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+

	Reserve	Westby
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	16.7%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reserve	Westby
Drove alone	75.0%	85.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reserve	Westby
1-unit, detached	72.2%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.8%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Reserve	Westby
Poverty rate	43.5%	10.3%
Average household size	1.64	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1955	1962