Hill County vs Park County

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

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

Park County has the higher population (17,484 vs 16,260 in Hill County). Park County has the higher median household income ($66,607 vs $55,313 in Hill County). Park County has the higher median home value ($429,700 vs $187,600 in Hill County).

Population, income & housing

	Hill County	Park County
Population	16,260	17,484
Median age	34.0 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$66,607
Median home value	$187,600	$429,700
Median gross rent	$752	$927
Housing units	7,232	9,597
Homeownership rate	66.8%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hill County	Park County
Population	16,436 → 16,260 (-1.1%)	16,352 → 17,484 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$49,321 → $55,313 (+12.1%)	$53,068 → $66,607 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$143,600 → $187,600 (+30.6%)	$271,300 → $429,700 (+58.4%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $752 (+22.3%)	$789 → $927 (+17.5%)

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

Park County

Population

16,35217,484

Median household income

$53,068$66,607

Median home value

$271,300$429,700

Median gross rent

$789$927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hill County	Park County
Under 5	8.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	12.3%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	15.2%
75 and over	5.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hill County	Park County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	22.7%	0.6%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hill County	Park County
No high school diploma	8.8%	3.3%
High school graduate	33.9%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hill County	Park County
Drove alone	72.9%	67.4%
Carpooled	15.5%	11.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.8%
Walked	6.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.2%
Worked from home	4.6%	15.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hill County	Park County
1-unit, detached	72.1%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.2%
20 or more units	1.6%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Hill County	Park County
Poverty rate	19.7%	13.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	14	25
Median year structure built	1972	1978