Harlowton vs Shawmut

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

Harlowton and Shawmut 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 37 in Shawmut). Harlowton has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $50,682 in Shawmut). Since 2019, Harlowton's population has grown faster (-9.9% vs -27.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Harlowton	Shawmut
Population	1,054	37
Median age	50.8 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$50,682
Median home value	$178,800	—
Median gross rent	$766	—
Housing units	565	31
Homeownership rate	76.3%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	57.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harlowton	Shawmut
Population	1,170 → 1,054 (-9.9%)	51 → 37 (-27.5%)
Median household income	$42,961 → $53,750 (+25.1%)	$29,219 → $50,682 (+73.5%)
Median home value	$91,300 → $178,800 (+95.8%)	$114,300 → $111,300 (-2.6%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $766 (+25.0%)	—

Harlowton

Population

1,1701,054

Median household income

$42,961$53,750

Median home value

$91,300$178,800

Median gross rent

$613$766

Shawmut

Population

5137

Median household income

$29,219$50,682

Median home value

$114,300$111,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harlowton	Shawmut
Under 5	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	27.0%
18 to 24	2.8%	21.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	29.7%
55 to 64	9.0%	8.1%
65 to 74	22.2%	0.0%
75 and over	11.9%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harlowton	Shawmut
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	Shawmut
No high school diploma	11.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.8%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	57.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harlowton	Shawmut
Drove alone	61.5%	0.0%
Carpooled	17.5%	0.0%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	12.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	100.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harlowton	Shawmut
1-unit, detached	84.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harlowton	Shawmut
Poverty rate	19.4%	8.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	15	—
Median year structure built	1952	1938