Nashua vs St. Marie

A side-by-side comparison of Nashua and St. Marie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Marie has the higher population (319 vs 309 in Nashua). Nashua has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $38,125 in St. Marie). Since 2019, Nashua's population has grown faster (-6.6% vs -32.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Nashua	St. Marie
Population	309	319
Median age	46.0 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$38,125
Median home value	$140,300	—
Median gross rent	$675	—
Housing units	178	774
Homeownership rate	83.6%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nashua	St. Marie
Population	331 → 309 (-6.6%)	470 → 319 (-32.1%)
Median household income	$49,464 → $72,500 (+46.6%)	$33,750 → $38,125 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$129,200 → $140,300 (+8.6%)	$19,800 → $20,800 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $675 (+5.5%)	$970 → $1,079 (+11.2%)

Nashua

Population

331309

Median household income

$49,464$72,500

Median home value

$129,200$140,300

Median gross rent

$640$675

St. Marie

Population

470319

Median household income

$33,750$38,125

Median home value

$19,800$20,800

Median gross rent

$970$1,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nashua	St. Marie
Under 5	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	3.1%
18 to 24	3.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.1%	18.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	32.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	17.8%	3.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	6.3%
75 and over	14.6%	28.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nashua	St. Marie
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	55.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	4.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	40.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nashua	St. Marie
No high school diploma	16.4%	34.9%
High school graduate	38.7%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nashua	St. Marie
Drove alone	77.1%	92.9%
Carpooled	9.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nashua	St. Marie
1-unit, detached	85.4%	4.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	89.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nashua	St. Marie
Poverty rate	18.8%	27.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1961	1963