Fallon County vs Granite County

A side-by-side comparison of Fallon County and Granite County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Granite County has the higher population (3,419 vs 2,817 in Fallon County). Fallon County has the higher median household income ($72,284 vs $54,646 in Granite County). Granite County has the higher median home value ($339,500 vs $237,000 in Fallon County).

Population, income & housing

	Fallon County	Granite County
Population	2,817	3,419
Median age	37.2 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,284	$54,646
Median home value	$237,000	$339,500
Median gross rent	$772	$734
Housing units	1,451	2,605
Homeownership rate	69.8%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fallon County	Granite County
Population	2,921 → 2,817 (-3.6%)	3,311 → 3,419 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$64,545 → $72,284 (+12.0%)	$49,881 → $54,646 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$169,800 → $237,000 (+39.6%)	$224,000 → $339,500 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $772 (-0.3%)	$515 → $734 (+42.5%)

Fallon County

Population

2,9212,817

Median household income

$64,545$72,284

Median home value

$169,800$237,000

Median gross rent

$774$772

Granite County

Population

3,3113,419

Median household income

$49,881$54,646

Median home value

$224,000$339,500

Median gross rent

$515$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fallon County	Granite County
Under 5	7.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	10.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	12.4%	4.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	17.3%
65 to 74	12.7%	18.3%
75 and over	7.6%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fallon County	Granite County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fallon County	Granite County
No high school diploma	3.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	39.0%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fallon County	Granite County
Drove alone	79.7%	68.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.6%	10.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fallon County	Granite County
1-unit, detached	70.2%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.3%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Fallon County	Granite County
Poverty rate	12.1%	10.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1978	1977