Glacier County vs Jefferson County

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

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

Glacier County has the higher population (13,713 vs 12,501 in Jefferson County). Jefferson County has the higher median household income ($76,576 vs $45,129 in Glacier County). Jefferson County has the higher median home value ($408,000 vs $153,400 in Glacier County).

Population, income & housing

	Glacier County	Jefferson County
Population	13,713	12,501
Median age	34.2 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,129	$76,576
Median home value	$153,400	$408,000
Median gross rent	$553	$886
Housing units	5,346	5,388
Homeownership rate	64.9%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glacier County	Jefferson County
Population	13,732 → 13,713 (-0.1%)	11,917 → 12,501 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$36,045 → $45,129 (+25.2%)	$69,646 → $76,576 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$107,700 → $153,400 (+42.4%)	$282,700 → $408,000 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$499 → $553 (+10.8%)	$788 → $886 (+12.4%)

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

Jefferson County

Population

11,91712,501

Median household income

$69,646$76,576

Median home value

$282,700$408,000

Median gross rent

$788$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glacier County	Jefferson County
Under 5	7.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	22.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	16.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	15.8%
75 and over	4.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glacier County	Jefferson County
White (non-Hispanic)	29.3%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	63.1%	1.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glacier County	Jefferson County
No high school diploma	14.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	30.0%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glacier County	Jefferson County
Drove alone	65.8%	72.2%
Carpooled	11.4%	11.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.2%
Walked	6.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.7%	11.9%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glacier County	Jefferson County
1-unit, detached	68.4%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Glacier County	Jefferson County
Poverty rate	30.3%	6.3%
Average household size	3.14	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1975	1989