Liberty County vs Meagher County

A side-by-side comparison of Liberty County and Meagher County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meagher County has the higher population (1,979 vs 1,968 in Liberty County). Meagher County has the higher median household income ($56,215 vs $53,264 in Liberty County). Meagher County has the higher median home value ($244,400 vs $116,800 in Liberty County).

Population, income & housing

	Liberty County	Meagher County
Population	1,968	1,979
Median age	37.5 yrs	59.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,264	$56,215
Median home value	$116,800	$244,400
Median gross rent	$668	$871
Housing units	832	1,460
Homeownership rate	64.2%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	0.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liberty County	Meagher County
Population	2,351 → 1,968 (-16.3%)	1,888 → 1,979 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$44,875 → $53,264 (+18.7%)	$46,607 → $56,215 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$101,100 → $116,800 (+15.5%)	$154,100 → $244,400 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$571 → $668 (+17.0%)	$647 → $871 (+34.6%)

Liberty County

Population

2,3511,968

Median household income

$44,875$53,264

Median home value

$101,100$116,800

Median gross rent

$571$668

Meagher County

Population

1,8881,979

Median household income

$46,607$56,215

Median home value

$154,100$244,400

Median gross rent

$647$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Liberty County	Meagher County
Under 5	8.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	21.1%	9.1%
18 to 24	2.9%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	5.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	7.8%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	9.7%	21.0%
65 to 74	5.1%	26.1%
75 and over	15.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liberty County	Meagher County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	2.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liberty County	Meagher County
No high school diploma	18.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	21.8%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liberty County	Meagher County
Drove alone	47.7%	76.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	31.2%	14.7%
Other means	2.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liberty County	Meagher County
1-unit, detached	72.0%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.1%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Liberty County	Meagher County
Poverty rate	25.5%	10.7%
Average household size	2.71	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1964	1973