Liberty County vs Wheatland County

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

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

Wheatland County has the higher population (2,049 vs 1,968 in Liberty County). Liberty County has the higher median household income ($53,264 vs $47,054 in Wheatland County). Wheatland County has the higher median home value ($172,700 vs $116,800 in Liberty County).

Population, income & housing

	Liberty County	Wheatland County
Population	1,968	2,049
Median age	37.5 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,264	$47,054
Median home value	$116,800	$172,700
Median gross rent	$668	$741
Housing units	832	1,159
Homeownership rate	64.2%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liberty County	Wheatland County
Population	2,351 → 1,968 (-16.3%)	2,142 → 2,049 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$44,875 → $53,264 (+18.7%)	$39,655 → $47,054 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$101,100 → $116,800 (+15.5%)	$95,400 → $172,700 (+81.0%)
Median gross rent	$571 → $668 (+17.0%)	$607 → $741 (+22.1%)

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

Wheatland County

Population

2,1422,049

Median household income

$39,655$47,054

Median home value

$95,400$172,700

Median gross rent

$607$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Liberty County	Wheatland County
Under 5	8.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	21.1%	18.9%
18 to 24	2.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	15.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.6%
65 to 74	5.1%	17.4%
75 and over	15.5%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liberty County	Wheatland County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liberty County	Wheatland County
No high school diploma	18.9%	7.4%
High school graduate	21.8%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liberty County	Wheatland County
Drove alone	47.7%	49.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	11.7%	13.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.2%	21.7%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liberty County	Wheatland County
1-unit, detached	72.0%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Liberty County	Wheatland County
Poverty rate	25.5%	23.7%
Average household size	2.71	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1964	1960