Mineral County vs Sheridan County

A side-by-side comparison of Mineral County and Sheridan County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mineral County has the higher population (4,796 vs 3,677 in Sheridan County). Sheridan County has the higher median household income ($63,654 vs $61,117 in Mineral County). Mineral County has the higher median home value ($313,600 vs $111,600 in Sheridan County).

Population, income & housing

	Mineral County	Sheridan County
Population	4,796	3,677
Median age	50.1 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,117	$63,654
Median home value	$313,600	$111,600
Median gross rent	$746	$749
Housing units	2,569	2,049
Homeownership rate	80.3%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mineral County	Sheridan County
Population	4,251 → 4,796 (+12.8%)	3,483 → 3,677 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$41,705 → $61,117 (+46.5%)	$55,521 → $63,654 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$169,200 → $313,600 (+85.3%)	$127,500 → $111,600 (-12.5%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $746 (+32.0%)	$727 → $749 (+3.0%)

Mineral County

Population

4,2514,796

Median household income

$41,705$61,117

Median home value

$169,200$313,600

Median gross rent

$565$746

Sheridan County

Population

3,4833,677

Median household income

$55,521$63,654

Median home value

$127,500$111,600

Median gross rent

$727$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mineral County	Sheridan County
Under 5	6.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	14.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	9.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	17.2%	12.2%
75 and over	10.9%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mineral County	Sheridan County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	1.7%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mineral County	Sheridan County
No high school diploma	6.7%	8.5%
High school graduate	34.0%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mineral County	Sheridan County
Drove alone	66.7%	71.1%
Carpooled	15.4%	12.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	5.8%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	10.5%	4.0%
Other means	1.5%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mineral County	Sheridan County
1-unit, detached	75.7%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.5%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Mineral County	Sheridan County
Poverty rate	17.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	14
Median year structure built	1982	1962