Granite County vs Sheridan County

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

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

Sheridan County has the higher population (3,677 vs 3,419 in Granite County). Sheridan County has the higher median household income ($63,654 vs $54,646 in Granite County). Granite County has the higher median home value ($339,500 vs $111,600 in Sheridan County).

Population, income & housing

	Granite County	Sheridan County
Population	3,419	3,677
Median age	53.9 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,646	$63,654
Median home value	$339,500	$111,600
Median gross rent	$734	$749
Housing units	2,605	2,049
Homeownership rate	76.4%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granite County	Sheridan County
Population	3,311 → 3,419 (+3.3%)	3,483 → 3,677 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$49,881 → $54,646 (+9.6%)	$55,521 → $63,654 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$224,000 → $339,500 (+51.6%)	$127,500 → $111,600 (-12.5%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $734 (+42.5%)	$727 → $749 (+3.0%)

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

Sheridan County

Population

3,4833,677

Median household income

$55,521$63,654

Median home value

$127,500$111,600

Median gross rent

$727$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granite County	Sheridan County
Under 5	4.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	10.6%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	4.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	17.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	18.3%	12.2%
75 and over	12.6%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granite County	Sheridan County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	1.7%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granite County	Sheridan County
No high school diploma	7.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	33.1%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granite County	Sheridan County
Drove alone	68.6%	71.1%
Carpooled	14.0%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	5.9%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.8%
Worked from home	10.8%	4.0%
Other means	0.2%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granite County	Sheridan County
1-unit, detached	86.1%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Granite County	Sheridan County
Poverty rate	10.4%	10.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	27	14
Median year structure built	1977	1962