Choteau vs Fairfield

A side-by-side comparison of Choteau and Fairfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Choteau has the higher population (1,719 vs 746 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($66,544 vs $53,929 in Choteau). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($203,000 vs $194,900 in Choteau).

Population, income & housing

	Choteau	Fairfield
Population	1,719	746
Median age	43.0 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,929	$66,544
Median home value	$194,900	$203,000
Median gross rent	$713	$683
Housing units	834	355
Homeownership rate	61.9%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Choteau	Fairfield
Population	1,829 → 1,719 (-6.0%)	607 → 746 (+22.9%)
Median household income	$45,435 → $53,929 (+18.7%)	$57,303 → $66,544 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$154,500 → $194,900 (+26.1%)	$145,100 → $203,000 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $713 (-8.4%)	$660 → $683 (+3.5%)

Choteau

Population

1,8291,719

Median household income

$45,435$53,929

Median home value

$154,500$194,900

Median gross rent

$778$713

Fairfield

Population

607746

Median household income

$57,303$66,544

Median home value

$145,100$203,000

Median gross rent

$660$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Choteau	Fairfield
Under 5	6.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	23.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	11.1%
25 to 34	6.1%	16.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	8.6%	17.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	3.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	6.2%
75 and over	14.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Choteau	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Choteau	Fairfield
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	35.5%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Choteau	Fairfield
Drove alone	66.4%	77.9%
Carpooled	11.5%	0.5%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	6.2%
Bicycle	2.3%	1.5%
Worked from home	11.0%	13.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Choteau	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	76.5%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	9.3%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Choteau	Fairfield
Poverty rate	9.2%	5.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1956	1966