Billings vs Worden

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

Billings and Worden 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 545 in Worden). Since 2019, Billings's population has grown faster (+8.0% vs -30.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Billings	Worden
Population	118,321	545
Median age	38.1 yrs	29.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,855	—
Median home value	$311,800	—
Median gross rent	$1,097	$979
Housing units	53,537	219
Homeownership rate	64.8%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Billings	Worden
Population	109,595 → 118,321 (+8.0%)	780 → 545 (-30.1%)
Median household income	$59,656 → $71,855 (+20.4%)	—
Median home value	$221,100 → $311,800 (+41.0%)	$174,700 → $167,300 (-4.2%)
Median gross rent	$899 → $1,097 (+22.0%)	$1,102 → $979 (-11.2%)

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

Worden

Population

780545

Median home value

$174,700$167,300

Median gross rent

$1,102$979

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Billings	Worden
Under 5	5.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	22.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	18.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	4.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.8%
75 and over	8.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Billings	Worden
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	98.0%
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%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Billings	Worden
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.8%
High school graduate	27.6%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Billings	Worden
Drove alone	78.5%	95.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	4.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Billings	Worden
1-unit, detached	63.1%	68.9%
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%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Billings	Worden
Poverty rate	10.6%	19.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	17	29
Median year structure built	1979	1986