Fishtail vs Nye

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

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

Fishtail has the higher population (79 vs 56 in Nye). Nye has the higher median home value ($625,000 vs $361,800 in Fishtail). Since 2019, Nye's population has grown faster (+43.6% vs -43.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Fishtail	Nye
Population	79	56
Median age	74.5 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$108,958
Median home value	$361,800	$625,000
Housing units	54	39
Homeownership rate	81.6%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.0%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fishtail	Nye
Population	140 → 79 (-43.6%)	39 → 56 (+43.6%)
Median household income	$106,250 → $120,341 (+13.3%)	$90,938 → $108,958 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$316,700 → $361,800 (+14.2%)	$597,200 → $625,000 (+4.7%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $555 (-4.5%)	—

Fishtail

Population

14079

Median household income

$106,250$120,341

Median home value

$316,700$361,800

Median gross rent

$581$555

Nye

Population

3956

Median household income

$90,938$108,958

Median home value

$597,200$625,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fishtail	Nye
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.4%
18 to 24	2.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	26.8%
45 to 54	2.5%	30.4%
55 to 64	17.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	27.8%	8.9%
75 and over	49.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fishtail	Nye
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fishtail	Nye
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	15.6%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	38.6%
Graduate or professional degree	48.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fishtail	Nye
Drove alone	25.0%	60.7%
Carpooled	50.0%	28.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	25.0%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fishtail	Nye
1-unit, detached	70.4%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	28.2%

Poverty & households

	Fishtail	Nye
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	15	8
Median year structure built	1990	1979