Mineral County vs Sweet Grass County

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

Mineral County and Sweet Grass 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 3,713 in Sweet Grass County). Sweet Grass County has the higher median household income ($69,426 vs $61,117 in Mineral County). Mineral County has the higher median home value ($313,600 vs $295,500 in Sweet Grass County).

Population, income & housing

	Mineral County	Sweet Grass County
Population	4,796	3,713
Median age	50.1 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,117	$69,426
Median home value	$313,600	$295,500
Median gross rent	$746	$1,073
Housing units	2,569	1,929
Homeownership rate	80.3%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mineral County	Sweet Grass County
Population	4,251 → 4,796 (+12.8%)	3,670 → 3,713 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$41,705 → $61,117 (+46.5%)	$49,886 → $69,426 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$169,200 → $313,600 (+85.3%)	$255,100 → $295,500 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $746 (+32.0%)	$708 → $1,073 (+51.6%)

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

Sweet Grass County

Population

3,6703,713

Median household income

$49,886$69,426

Median home value

$255,100$295,500

Median gross rent

$708$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mineral County	Sweet Grass County
Under 5	6.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	16.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	17.2%	12.0%
75 and over	10.9%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mineral County	Sweet Grass County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	1.6%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mineral County	Sweet Grass County
No high school diploma	6.7%	3.6%
High school graduate	34.0%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mineral County	Sweet Grass County
Drove alone	66.7%	70.3%
Carpooled	15.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.1%	2.2%
Walked	5.8%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	13.1%
Other means	1.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mineral County	Sweet Grass County
1-unit, detached	75.7%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Mineral County	Sweet Grass County
Poverty rate	17.9%	7.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1982	1979