Granite County vs Phillips County

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

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

Phillips County has the higher population (4,224 vs 3,419 in Granite County). Phillips County has the higher median household income ($58,156 vs $54,646 in Granite County). Granite County has the higher median home value ($339,500 vs $175,000 in Phillips County).

Population, income & housing

	Granite County	Phillips County
Population	3,419	4,224
Median age	53.9 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,646	$58,156
Median home value	$339,500	$175,000
Median gross rent	$734	$623
Housing units	2,605	2,235
Homeownership rate	76.4%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granite County	Phillips County
Population	3,311 → 3,419 (+3.3%)	4,077 → 4,224 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$49,881 → $54,646 (+9.6%)	$46,212 → $58,156 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$224,000 → $339,500 (+51.6%)	$129,200 → $175,000 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $734 (+42.5%)	$528 → $623 (+18.0%)

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

Phillips County

Population

4,0774,224

Median household income

$46,212$58,156

Median home value

$129,200$175,000

Median gross rent

$528$623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granite County	Phillips County
Under 5	4.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	10.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	4.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	17.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	18.3%	13.5%
75 and over	12.6%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granite County	Phillips County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	7.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granite County	Phillips County
No high school diploma	7.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	33.1%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granite County	Phillips County
Drove alone	68.6%	61.7%
Carpooled	14.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	5.9%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	17.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granite County	Phillips County
1-unit, detached	86.1%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Granite County	Phillips County
Poverty rate	10.4%	9.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	14
Median year structure built	1977	1971