Hill County vs Lincoln County

A side-by-side comparison of Hill County and Lincoln County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lincoln County has the higher population (20,656 vs 16,260 in Hill County). Hill County has the higher median household income ($55,313 vs $47,018 in Lincoln County). Lincoln County has the higher median home value ($258,700 vs $187,600 in Hill County).

Population, income & housing

	Hill County	Lincoln County
Population	16,260	20,656
Median age	34.0 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$47,018
Median home value	$187,600	$258,700
Median gross rent	$752	$810
Housing units	7,232	10,991
Homeownership rate	66.8%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hill County	Lincoln County
Population	16,436 → 16,260 (-1.1%)	19,537 → 20,656 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$49,321 → $55,313 (+12.1%)	$40,140 → $47,018 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$143,600 → $187,600 (+30.6%)	$198,200 → $258,700 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $752 (+22.3%)	$734 → $810 (+10.4%)

Hill County

Population

16,43616,260

Median household income

$49,321$55,313

Median home value

$143,600$187,600

Median gross rent

$615$752

Lincoln County

Population

19,53720,656

Median household income

$40,140$47,018

Median home value

$198,200$258,700

Median gross rent

$734$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hill County	Lincoln County
Under 5	8.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	19.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	17.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	18.5%
75 and over	5.8%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hill County	Lincoln County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	22.7%	1.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hill County	Lincoln County
No high school diploma	8.8%	8.1%
High school graduate	33.9%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hill County	Lincoln County
Drove alone	72.9%	61.8%
Carpooled	15.5%	15.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	6.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.2%
Worked from home	4.6%	15.6%
Other means	0.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hill County	Lincoln County
1-unit, detached	72.1%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	14.9%

Poverty & households

	Hill County	Lincoln County
Poverty rate	19.7%	16.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1972	1982