Ballantine vs Custer

A side-by-side comparison of Ballantine and Custer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ballantine has the higher population (293 vs 155 in Custer). Ballantine has the higher median home value ($222,400 vs $121,700 in Custer). Since 2019, Ballantine's population has grown faster (+30.2% vs +29.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Ballantine	Custer
Population	293	155
Median age	59.0 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$70,000
Median home value	$222,400	$121,700
Median gross rent	—	$431
Housing units	212	96
Homeownership rate	73.3%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballantine	Custer
Population	225 → 293 (+30.2%)	120 → 155 (+29.2%)
Median household income	$33,299 → $18,958 (-43.1%)	$36,500 → $70,000 (+91.8%)
Median home value	$214,300 → $222,400 (+3.8%)	$82,100 → $121,700 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$575 → $431 (-25.0%)

Ballantine

Population

225293

Median household income

$33,299$18,958

Median home value

$214,300$222,400

Custer

Population

120155

Median household income

$36,500$70,000

Median home value

$82,100$121,700

Median gross rent

$575$431

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballantine	Custer
Under 5	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	11.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.3%
25 to 34	23.5%	9.7%
35 to 44	3.4%	1.9%
45 to 54	3.4%	3.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	38.7%
65 to 74	6.1%	12.3%
75 and over	33.1%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballantine	Custer
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	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%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballantine	Custer
No high school diploma	8.9%	5.6%
High school graduate	57.3%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballantine	Custer
Drove alone	100.0%	82.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballantine	Custer
1-unit, detached	72.2%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.8%	26.0%

Poverty & households

	Ballantine	Custer
Poverty rate	3.8%	18.1%
Average household size	1.57	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1938	1956