Granite County vs Sweet Grass County

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

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

Sweet Grass County has the higher population (3,713 vs 3,419 in Granite County). Sweet Grass County has the higher median household income ($69,426 vs $54,646 in Granite County). Granite County has the higher median home value ($339,500 vs $295,500 in Sweet Grass County).

Population, income & housing

	Granite County	Sweet Grass County
Population	3,419	3,713
Median age	53.9 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,646	$69,426
Median home value	$339,500	$295,500
Median gross rent	$734	$1,073
Housing units	2,605	1,929
Homeownership rate	76.4%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granite County	Sweet Grass County
Population	3,311 → 3,419 (+3.3%)	3,670 → 3,713 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$49,881 → $54,646 (+9.6%)	$49,886 → $69,426 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$224,000 → $339,500 (+51.6%)	$255,100 → $295,500 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $734 (+42.5%)	$708 → $1,073 (+51.6%)

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

Sweet Grass County

Population

3,6703,713

Median household income

$49,886$69,426

Median home value

$255,100$295,500

Median gross rent

$708$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granite County	Sweet Grass County
Under 5	4.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	10.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	4.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	17.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	18.3%	12.0%
75 and over	12.6%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granite County	Sweet Grass County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	1.6%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granite County	Sweet Grass County
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.6%
High school graduate	33.1%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granite County	Sweet Grass County
Drove alone	68.6%	70.3%
Carpooled	14.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	5.9%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	13.1%
Other means	0.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granite County	Sweet Grass County
1-unit, detached	86.1%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Granite County	Sweet Grass County
Poverty rate	10.4%	7.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1977	1979