Daniels County vs McCone County

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

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

McCone County has the higher population (1,818 vs 1,524 in Daniels County). McCone County has the higher median household income ($71,842 vs $58,000 in Daniels County). McCone County has the higher median home value ($197,400 vs $177,800 in Daniels County).

Population, income & housing

	Daniels County	McCone County
Population	1,524	1,818
Median age	48.7 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,000	$71,842
Median home value	$177,800	$197,400
Median gross rent	$588	$543
Housing units	1,130	1,082
Homeownership rate	80.4%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daniels County	McCone County
Population	1,730 → 1,524 (-11.9%)	1,790 → 1,818 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$57,440 → $58,000 (+1.0%)	$49,701 → $71,842 (+44.5%)
Median home value	$126,500 → $177,800 (+40.6%)	$114,800 → $197,400 (+72.0%)
Median gross rent	$510 → $588 (+15.3%)	$535 → $543 (+1.5%)

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

McCone County

Population

1,7901,818

Median household income

$49,701$71,842

Median home value

$114,800$197,400

Median gross rent

$535$543

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daniels County	McCone County
Under 5	2.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.8%	13.4%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.1%	8.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	17.7%
65 to 74	19.4%	14.2%
75 and over	9.6%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daniels County	McCone County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	3.7%
Asian	0.9%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daniels County	McCone County
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	29.5%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daniels County	McCone County
Drove alone	70.4%	63.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.0%	15.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.6%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daniels County	McCone County
1-unit, detached	86.7%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Daniels County	McCone County
Poverty rate	11.9%	4.2%
Average household size	2.09	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	13	20
Median year structure built	1957	1965