Absarokee vs Columbus

A side-by-side comparison of Absarokee and Columbus: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Columbus has the higher population (1,925 vs 998 in Absarokee). Columbus has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $57,212 in Absarokee). Columbus has the higher median home value ($264,000 vs $258,100 in Absarokee).

Population, income & housing

	Absarokee	Columbus
Population	998	1,925
Median age	47.0 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,212	$62,500
Median home value	$258,100	$264,000
Median gross rent	$943	$926
Housing units	557	887
Homeownership rate	78.0%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Absarokee	Columbus
Population	1,061 → 998 (-5.9%)	2,194 → 1,925 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $57,212 (+17.4%)	$64,038 → $62,500 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$204,600 → $258,100 (+26.1%)	$185,600 → $264,000 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$828 → $943 (+13.9%)	$735 → $926 (+26.0%)

Absarokee

Population

1,061998

Median household income

$48,750$57,212

Median home value

$204,600$258,100

Median gross rent

$828$943

Columbus

Population

2,1941,925

Median household income

$64,038$62,500

Median home value

$185,600$264,000

Median gross rent

$735$926

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Absarokee	Columbus
Under 5	7.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	7.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	6.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	20.1%	13.4%
75 and over	9.7%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Absarokee	Columbus
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Absarokee	Columbus
No high school diploma	5.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	39.5%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Absarokee	Columbus
Drove alone	43.5%	78.8%
Carpooled	32.0%	8.4%
Public transit	5.3%	5.2%
Walked	9.3%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.9%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Absarokee	Columbus
1-unit, detached	75.6%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Absarokee	Columbus
Poverty rate	11.7%	12.7%
Average household size	2.02	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1980	1970