Hill County vs Silver Bow County

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

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

Silver Bow County has the higher population (35,589 vs 16,260 in Hill County). Silver Bow County has the higher median household income ($57,504 vs $55,313 in Hill County). Silver Bow County has the higher median home value ($223,500 vs $187,600 in Hill County).

Population, income & housing

	Hill County	Silver Bow County
Population	16,260	35,589
Median age	34.0 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$57,504
Median home value	$187,600	$223,500
Median gross rent	$752	$810
Housing units	7,232	17,396
Homeownership rate	66.8%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hill County	Silver Bow County
Population	16,436 → 16,260 (-1.1%)	34,770 → 35,589 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$49,321 → $55,313 (+12.1%)	$45,718 → $57,504 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$143,600 → $187,600 (+30.6%)	$149,800 → $223,500 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $752 (+22.3%)	$638 → $810 (+27.0%)

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

Silver Bow County

Population

34,77035,589

Median household income

$45,718$57,504

Median home value

$149,800$223,500

Median gross rent

$638$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hill County	Silver Bow County
Under 5	8.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	10.0%	10.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.7%
75 and over	5.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hill County	Silver Bow County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	22.7%	1.4%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hill County	Silver Bow County
No high school diploma	8.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	33.9%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hill County	Silver Bow County
Drove alone	72.9%	77.4%
Carpooled	15.5%	10.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.9%
Walked	6.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	7.1%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hill County	Silver Bow County
1-unit, detached	72.1%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.6%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Hill County	Silver Bow County
Poverty rate	19.7%	16.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	14	16
Median year structure built	1972	1956