Glacier County vs Hill County

A side-by-side comparison of Glacier County and Hill County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hill County has the higher population (16,260 vs 13,713 in Glacier County). Hill County has the higher median household income ($55,313 vs $45,129 in Glacier County). Hill County has the higher median home value ($187,600 vs $153,400 in Glacier County).

Population, income & housing

	Glacier County	Hill County
Population	13,713	16,260
Median age	34.2 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$45,129	$55,313
Median home value	$153,400	$187,600
Median gross rent	$553	$752
Housing units	5,346	7,232
Homeownership rate	64.9%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glacier County	Hill County
Population	13,732 → 13,713 (-0.1%)	16,436 → 16,260 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$36,045 → $45,129 (+25.2%)	$49,321 → $55,313 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$107,700 → $153,400 (+42.4%)	$143,600 → $187,600 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$499 → $553 (+10.8%)	$615 → $752 (+22.3%)

Glacier County

Population

13,73213,713

Median household income

$36,045$45,129

Median home value

$107,700$153,400

Median gross rent

$499$553

Hill County

Population

16,43616,260

Median household income

$49,321$55,313

Median home value

$143,600$187,600

Median gross rent

$615$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glacier County	Hill County
Under 5	7.6%	8.6%
5 to 17	22.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.2%
75 and over	4.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glacier County	Hill County
White (non-Hispanic)	29.3%	67.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	63.1%	22.7%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glacier County	Hill County
No high school diploma	14.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	30.0%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glacier County	Hill County
Drove alone	65.8%	72.9%
Carpooled	11.4%	15.5%
Public transit	0.9%	0.2%
Walked	6.6%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.7%	4.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glacier County	Hill County
1-unit, detached	68.4%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Glacier County	Hill County
Poverty rate	30.3%	19.7%
Average household size	3.14	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	15	14
Median year structure built	1975	1972