Harlowton vs Judith Gap

A side-by-side comparison of Harlowton and Judith Gap: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harlowton has the higher population (1,054 vs 131 in Judith Gap). Harlowton has the higher median home value ($178,800 vs $106,500 in Judith Gap). Since 2019, Judith Gap's population has grown faster (+63.7% vs -9.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Harlowton	Judith Gap
Population	1,054	131
Median age	50.8 yrs	60.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	—
Median home value	$178,800	$106,500
Median gross rent	$766	$525
Housing units	565	74
Homeownership rate	76.3%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harlowton	Judith Gap
Population	1,170 → 1,054 (-9.9%)	80 → 131 (+63.7%)
Median household income	$42,961 → $53,750 (+25.1%)	$47,500 → $31,042 (-34.6%)
Median home value	$91,300 → $178,800 (+95.8%)	$65,000 → $106,500 (+63.8%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $766 (+25.0%)	$625 → $525 (-16.0%)

Harlowton

Population

1,1701,054

Median household income

$42,961$53,750

Median home value

$91,300$178,800

Median gross rent

$613$766

Judith Gap

Population

80131

Median household income

$47,500$31,042

Median home value

$65,000$106,500

Median gross rent

$625$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harlowton	Judith Gap
Under 5	1.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	20.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	2.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.4%
35 to 44	5.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	2.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	22.2%	17.6%
75 and over	11.9%	28.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harlowton	Judith Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	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	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harlowton	Judith Gap
No high school diploma	11.4%	3.7%
High school graduate	37.8%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harlowton	Judith Gap
Drove alone	61.5%	61.2%
Carpooled	17.5%	34.7%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	12.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harlowton	Judith Gap
1-unit, detached	84.4%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Harlowton	Judith Gap
Poverty rate	19.4%	32.8%
Average household size	2.39	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1952	1977