Glacier County vs Sanders County

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

Glacier County and Sanders 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 12,936 in Sanders County). Sanders County has the higher median household income ($54,035 vs $45,129 in Glacier County). Sanders County has the higher median home value ($323,800 vs $153,400 in Glacier County).

Population, income & housing

	Glacier County	Sanders County
Population	13,713	12,936
Median age	34.2 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,129	$54,035
Median home value	$153,400	$323,800
Median gross rent	$553	$774
Housing units	5,346	6,789
Homeownership rate	64.9%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glacier County	Sanders County
Population	13,732 → 13,713 (-0.1%)	11,681 → 12,936 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$36,045 → $45,129 (+25.2%)	$40,823 → $54,035 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$107,700 → $153,400 (+42.4%)	$228,200 → $323,800 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$499 → $553 (+10.8%)	$627 → $774 (+23.4%)

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

Sanders County

Population

11,68112,936

Median household income

$40,823$54,035

Median home value

$228,200$323,800

Median gross rent

$627$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glacier County	Sanders County
Under 5	7.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	22.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.4%	6.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	17.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	20.1%
75 and over	4.8%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glacier County	Sanders County
White (non-Hispanic)	29.3%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	63.1%	2.4%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	1.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glacier County	Sanders County
No high school diploma	14.4%	7.8%
High school graduate	30.0%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glacier County	Sanders County
Drove alone	65.8%	67.8%
Carpooled	11.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	6.6%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	14.7%	14.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glacier County	Sanders County
1-unit, detached	68.4%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Glacier County	Sanders County
Poverty rate	30.3%	15.1%
Average household size	3.14	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1975	1989