Billings vs Shepherd

A side-by-side comparison of Billings and Shepherd: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Billings has the higher population (118,321 vs 613 in Shepherd). Billings has the higher median home value ($311,800 vs $179,700 in Shepherd). Since 2019, Billings's population has grown faster (+8.0% vs -31.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Billings	Shepherd
Population	118,321	613
Median age	38.1 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,855	—
Median home value	$311,800	$179,700
Median gross rent	$1,097	—
Housing units	53,537	261
Homeownership rate	64.8%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Billings	Shepherd
Population	109,595 → 118,321 (+8.0%)	895 → 613 (-31.5%)
Median household income	$59,656 → $71,855 (+20.4%)	$111,250 → $125,179 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$221,100 → $311,800 (+41.0%)	$245,800 → $179,700 (-26.9%)
Median gross rent	$899 → $1,097 (+22.0%)	—

Billings

Population

109,595118,321

Median household income

$59,656$71,855

Median home value

$221,100$311,800

Median gross rent

$899$1,097

Shepherd

Population

895613

Median household income

$111,250$125,179

Median home value

$245,800$179,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Billings	Shepherd
Under 5	5.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	19.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	5.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	31.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.3%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.2%
75 and over	8.0%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Billings	Shepherd
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Billings	Shepherd
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	27.6%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Billings	Shepherd
Drove alone	78.5%	82.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	0.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	17.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Billings	Shepherd
1-unit, detached	63.1%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	49.8%

Poverty & households

	Billings	Shepherd
Poverty rate	10.6%	9.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	17	28
Median year structure built	1979	1988