Powder River County vs Wheatland County

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

Powder River 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 1,762 in Powder River County). Powder River County has the higher median household income ($68,009 vs $47,054 in Wheatland County). Wheatland County has the higher median home value ($172,700 vs $149,400 in Powder River County).

Population, income & housing

	Powder River County	Wheatland County
Population	1,762	2,049
Median age	48.6 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,009	$47,054
Median home value	$149,400	$172,700
Median gross rent	$609	$741
Housing units	997	1,159
Homeownership rate	77.6%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Powder River County	Wheatland County
Population	1,607 → 1,762 (+9.6%)	2,142 → 2,049 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$54,427 → $68,009 (+25.0%)	$39,655 → $47,054 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$142,600 → $149,400 (+4.8%)	$95,400 → $172,700 (+81.0%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $609 (-7.3%)	$607 → $741 (+22.1%)

Powder River County

Population

1,6071,762

Median household income

$54,427$68,009

Median home value

$142,600$149,400

Median gross rent

$657$609

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)

	Powder River County	Wheatland County
Under 5	5.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	16.9%	17.4%
75 and over	14.8%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Powder River County	Wheatland County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.5%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Powder River County	Wheatland County
No high school diploma	10.5%	7.4%
High school graduate	36.2%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Powder River County	Wheatland County
Drove alone	48.2%	49.6%
Carpooled	18.3%	14.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.8%
Walked	11.3%	13.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	21.7%
Other means	6.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Powder River County	Wheatland County
1-unit, detached	75.2%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.4%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Powder River County	Wheatland County
Poverty rate	9.7%	23.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1977	1960