Hillside Colony vs Sweet Grass

A side-by-side comparison of Hillside Colony and Sweet Grass: population, income, housing, and more.

Hillside Colony and Sweet Grass are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hillside Colony has the higher population (267 vs 64 in Sweet Grass). Since 2019, Hillside Colony's population has grown faster (+27.8% vs +10.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Hillside Colony	Sweet Grass
Population	267	64
Median age	14.9 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$79,886
Housing units	23	53
Homeownership rate	0.0%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	38.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillside Colony	Sweet Grass
Population	209 → 267 (+27.8%)	58 → 64 (+10.3%)
Median household income	—	$61,944 → $79,886 (+29.0%)
Median home value	—	$118,100 → $195,800 (+65.8%)

Hillside Colony

Population

209267

Sweet Grass

Population

5864

Median household income

$61,944$79,886

Median home value

$118,100$195,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillside Colony	Sweet Grass
Under 5	15.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	44.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	32.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	25.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	4.7%
45 to 54	5.6%	4.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	4.7%
65 to 74	2.2%	15.6%
75 and over	0.0%	28.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillside Colony	Sweet Grass
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	78.1%
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%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillside Colony	Sweet Grass
No high school diploma	100.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	0.0%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillside Colony	Sweet Grass
Drove alone	0.0%	94.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	48.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	51.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillside Colony	Sweet Grass
1-unit, detached	0.0%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	100.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	39.6%

Poverty & households

	Hillside Colony	Sweet Grass
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	19.07	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	6
Median year structure built	—	1966