Phillips County vs Toole County

A side-by-side comparison of Phillips County and Toole County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Toole County has the higher population (5,028 vs 4,224 in Phillips County). Phillips County has the higher median household income ($58,156 vs $53,693 in Toole County). Toole County has the higher median home value ($187,400 vs $175,000 in Phillips County).

Population, income & housing

	Phillips County	Toole County
Population	4,224	5,028
Median age	44.9 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,156	$53,693
Median home value	$175,000	$187,400
Median gross rent	$623	$753
Housing units	2,235	2,323
Homeownership rate	74.8%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Phillips County	Toole County
Population	4,077 → 4,224 (+3.6%)	4,892 → 5,028 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$46,212 → $58,156 (+25.8%)	$50,721 → $53,693 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$129,200 → $175,000 (+35.4%)	$137,900 → $187,400 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $623 (+18.0%)	$547 → $753 (+37.7%)

Phillips County

Population

4,0774,224

Median household income

$46,212$58,156

Median home value

$129,200$175,000

Median gross rent

$528$623

Toole County

Population

4,8925,028

Median household income

$50,721$53,693

Median home value

$137,900$187,400

Median gross rent

$547$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Phillips County	Toole County
Under 5	6.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	8.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	16.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	10.8%
75 and over	10.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Phillips County	Toole County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.1%	5.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Phillips County	Toole County
No high school diploma	4.7%	13.8%
High school graduate	33.8%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Phillips County	Toole County
Drove alone	61.7%	72.3%
Carpooled	13.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.1%	1.3%
Walked	7.0%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	9.7%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Phillips County	Toole County
1-unit, detached	78.0%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Phillips County	Toole County
Poverty rate	9.4%	12.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1971	1969