Garfield County vs Treasure County

A side-by-side comparison of Garfield County and Treasure County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garfield County has the higher population (938 vs 761 in Treasure County). Treasure County has the higher median household income ($73,036 vs $61,750 in Garfield County). Treasure County has the higher median home value ($215,300 vs $178,300 in Garfield County).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield County	Treasure County
Population	938	761
Median age	43.9 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,750	$73,036
Median home value	$178,300	$215,300
Median gross rent	$802	$992
Housing units	746	479
Homeownership rate	70.3%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield County	Treasure County
Population	1,036 → 938 (-9.5%)	668 → 761 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$42,000 → $61,750 (+47.0%)	$43,047 → $73,036 (+69.7%)
Median home value	$124,100 → $178,300 (+43.7%)	$118,200 → $215,300 (+82.1%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $802 (+40.7%)	$645 → $992 (+53.8%)

Garfield County

Population

1,036938

Median household income

$42,000$61,750

Median home value

$124,100$178,300

Median gross rent

$570$802

Treasure County

Population

668761

Median household income

$43,047$73,036

Median home value

$118,200$215,300

Median gross rent

$645$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield County	Treasure County
Under 5	7.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.8%	12.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.7%	8.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	24.0%
65 to 74	15.2%	12.2%
75 and over	12.4%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield County	Treasure County
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	92.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield County	Treasure County
No high school diploma	3.6%	5.1%
High school graduate	33.2%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield County	Treasure County
Drove alone	41.3%	73.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	39.5%	20.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield County	Treasure County
1-unit, detached	76.1%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.9%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Garfield County	Treasure County
Poverty rate	12.2%	10.8%
Average household size	2.28	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1976	1970