Beaverhead County vs Carbon County

A side-by-side comparison of Beaverhead County and Carbon County: population, income, housing, and more.

Beaverhead County and Carbon County are counties in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carbon County has the higher population (10,877 vs 9,590 in Beaverhead County). Carbon County has the higher median household income ($71,017 vs $58,072 in Beaverhead County). Carbon County has the higher median home value ($379,300 vs $282,000 in Beaverhead County).

Population, income & housing

	Beaverhead County	Carbon County
Population	9,590	10,877
Median age	43.4 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,072	$71,017
Median home value	$282,000	$379,300
Median gross rent	$800	$882
Housing units	4,973	6,431
Homeownership rate	67.3%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaverhead County	Carbon County
Population	9,415 → 9,590 (+1.9%)	10,597 → 10,877 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$43,201 → $58,072 (+34.4%)	$58,707 → $71,017 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$215,400 → $282,000 (+30.9%)	$247,600 → $379,300 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $800 (+29.0%)	$791 → $882 (+11.5%)

Beaverhead County

Population

9,4159,590

Median household income

$43,201$58,072

Median home value

$215,400$282,000

Median gross rent

$620$800

Carbon County

Population

10,59710,877

Median household income

$58,707$71,017

Median home value

$247,600$379,300

Median gross rent

$791$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaverhead County	Carbon County
Under 5	5.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.4%	13.7%
18 to 24	12.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	8.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	17.3%
75 and over	9.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaverhead County	Carbon County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaverhead County	Carbon County
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	26.6%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaverhead County	Carbon County
Drove alone	76.0%	66.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	13.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.7%
Walked	4.8%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.5%	10.8%
Other means	2.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaverhead County	Carbon County
1-unit, detached	71.1%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.1%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Beaverhead County	Carbon County
Poverty rate	14.7%	8.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1980	1978