Cascade County vs Gallatin County

A side-by-side comparison of Cascade County and Gallatin County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gallatin County has the higher population (122,194 vs 84,601 in Cascade County). Gallatin County has the higher median household income ($87,454 vs $66,203 in Cascade County). Gallatin County has the higher median home value ($604,900 vs $243,300 in Cascade County).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade County	Gallatin County
Population	84,601	122,194
Median age	38.3 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,203	$87,454
Median home value	$243,300	$604,900
Median gross rent	$902	$1,574
Housing units	39,248	55,589
Homeownership rate	70.2%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	53.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade County	Gallatin County
Population	81,625 → 84,601 (+3.6%)	108,063 → 122,194 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$49,913 → $66,203 (+32.6%)	$66,397 → $87,454 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$179,900 → $243,300 (+35.2%)	$357,100 → $604,900 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $902 (+17.1%)	$1,074 → $1,574 (+46.6%)

Cascade County

Population

81,62584,601

Median household income

$49,913$66,203

Median home value

$179,900$243,300

Median gross rent

$770$902

Gallatin County

Population

108,063122,194

Median household income

$66,397$87,454

Median home value

$357,100$604,900

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,574

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cascade County	Gallatin County
Under 5	5.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	16.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	16.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.6%
75 and over	8.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade County	Gallatin County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	88.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.6%
Asian	1.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade County	Gallatin County
No high school diploma	6.1%	2.8%
High school graduate	31.5%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade County	Gallatin County
Drove alone	77.9%	68.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	8.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.5%
Walked	2.3%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	2.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	14.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade County	Gallatin County
1-unit, detached	67.4%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	9.3%
20 or more units	6.3%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Cascade County	Gallatin County
Poverty rate	13.2%	10.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1969	1997