Carter County vs Daniels County

A side-by-side comparison of Carter County and Daniels County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Daniels County has the higher population (1,524 vs 1,361 in Carter County). Daniels County has the higher median household income ($58,000 vs $52,171 in Carter County). Daniels County has the higher median home value ($177,800 vs $176,600 in Carter County).

Population, income & housing

	Carter County	Daniels County
Population	1,361	1,524
Median age	56.7 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,171	$58,000
Median home value	$176,600	$177,800
Median gross rent	$731	$588
Housing units	799	1,130
Homeownership rate	61.6%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter County	Daniels County
Population	1,331 → 1,361 (+2.3%)	1,730 → 1,524 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$48,000 → $52,171 (+8.7%)	$57,440 → $58,000 (+1.0%)
Median home value	$110,900 → $176,600 (+59.2%)	$126,500 → $177,800 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $731 (+26.5%)	$510 → $588 (+15.3%)

Carter County

Population

1,3311,361

Median household income

$48,000$52,171

Median home value

$110,900$176,600

Median gross rent

$578$731

Daniels County

Population

1,7301,524

Median household income

$57,440$58,000

Median home value

$126,500$177,800

Median gross rent

$510$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter County	Daniels County
Under 5	6.6%	2.4%
5 to 17	10.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	6.3%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	22.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	20.2%	19.4%
75 and over	9.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter County	Daniels County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	3.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter County	Daniels County
No high school diploma	6.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	28.8%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter County	Daniels County
Drove alone	51.9%	70.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	10.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.7%	10.6%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter County	Daniels County
1-unit, detached	71.5%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.8%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Carter County	Daniels County
Poverty rate	13.8%	11.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	16	13
Median year structure built	1973	1957