Beaverhead County vs Stillwater County

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

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

Beaverhead County has the higher population (9,590 vs 9,052 in Stillwater County). Stillwater County has the higher median household income ($81,503 vs $58,072 in Beaverhead County). Stillwater County has the higher median home value ($355,600 vs $282,000 in Beaverhead County).

Population, income & housing

	Beaverhead County	Stillwater County
Population	9,590	9,052
Median age	43.4 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,072	$81,503
Median home value	$282,000	$355,600
Median gross rent	$800	$968
Housing units	4,973	4,657
Homeownership rate	67.3%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaverhead County	Stillwater County
Population	9,415 → 9,590 (+1.9%)	9,466 → 9,052 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$43,201 → $58,072 (+34.4%)	$64,645 → $81,503 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$215,400 → $282,000 (+30.9%)	$255,500 → $355,600 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $800 (+29.0%)	$791 → $968 (+22.4%)

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

Stillwater County

Population

9,4669,052

Median household income

$64,645$81,503

Median home value

$255,500$355,600

Median gross rent

$791$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaverhead County	Stillwater County
Under 5	5.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	12.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.7%
65 to 74	14.3%	16.2%
75 and over	9.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaverhead County	Stillwater County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaverhead County	Stillwater County
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	26.6%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaverhead County	Stillwater County
Drove alone	76.0%	61.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	21.4%
Public transit	1.1%	3.3%
Walked	4.8%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.5%	7.9%
Other means	2.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaverhead County	Stillwater County
1-unit, detached	71.1%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.1%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Beaverhead County	Stillwater County
Poverty rate	14.7%	8.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1980	1985