Granite County vs Judith Basin County

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

Granite County and Judith Basin 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 2,053 in Judith Basin County). Judith Basin County has the higher median household income ($55,417 vs $54,646 in Granite County). Granite County has the higher median home value ($339,500 vs $214,200 in Judith Basin County).

Population, income & housing

	Granite County	Judith Basin County
Population	3,419	2,053
Median age	53.9 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,646	$55,417
Median home value	$339,500	$214,200
Median gross rent	$734	$502
Housing units	2,605	1,233
Homeownership rate	76.4%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granite County	Judith Basin County
Population	3,311 → 3,419 (+3.3%)	1,954 → 2,053 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$49,881 → $54,646 (+9.6%)	$43,661 → $55,417 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$224,000 → $339,500 (+51.6%)	$138,200 → $214,200 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $734 (+42.5%)	$585 → $502 (-14.2%)

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

Judith Basin County

Population

1,9542,053

Median household income

$43,661$55,417

Median home value

$138,200$214,200

Median gross rent

$585$502

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granite County	Judith Basin County
Under 5	4.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	10.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	4.9%	7.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.4%
55 to 64	17.3%	18.1%
65 to 74	18.3%	18.9%
75 and over	12.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granite County	Judith Basin County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	1.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granite County	Judith Basin County
No high school diploma	7.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	33.1%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granite County	Judith Basin County
Drove alone	68.6%	55.8%
Carpooled	14.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	12.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	24.2%
Other means	0.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granite County	Judith Basin County
1-unit, detached	86.1%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Granite County	Judith Basin County
Poverty rate	10.4%	15.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1977	1968