Absarokee vs Nye

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

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

Absarokee has the higher population (998 vs 56 in Nye). Nye has the higher median household income ($108,958 vs $57,212 in Absarokee). Nye has the higher median home value ($625,000 vs $258,100 in Absarokee).

Population, income & housing

	Absarokee	Nye
Population	998	56
Median age	47.0 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,212	$108,958
Median home value	$258,100	$625,000
Median gross rent	$943	—
Housing units	557	39
Homeownership rate	78.0%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Absarokee	Nye
Population	1,061 → 998 (-5.9%)	39 → 56 (+43.6%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $57,212 (+17.4%)	$90,938 → $108,958 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$204,600 → $258,100 (+26.1%)	$597,200 → $625,000 (+4.7%)
Median gross rent	$828 → $943 (+13.9%)	—

Absarokee

Population

1,061998

Median household income

$48,750$57,212

Median home value

$204,600$258,100

Median gross rent

$828$943

Nye

Population

3956

Median household income

$90,938$108,958

Median home value

$597,200$625,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Absarokee	Nye
Under 5	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	26.8%
45 to 54	6.9%	30.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	20.1%	8.9%
75 and over	9.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Absarokee	Nye
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	10.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Absarokee	Nye
No high school diploma	5.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.5%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	38.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Absarokee	Nye
Drove alone	43.5%	60.7%
Carpooled	32.0%	28.6%
Public transit	5.3%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Absarokee	Nye
1-unit, detached	75.6%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	28.2%

Poverty & households

	Absarokee	Nye
Poverty rate	11.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.02	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	8
Median year structure built	1980	1979