Prairie County vs Treasure County

A side-by-side comparison of Prairie County and Treasure County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prairie County has the higher population (1,251 vs 761 in Treasure County). Treasure County has the higher median household income ($73,036 vs $45,192 in Prairie County). Treasure County has the higher median home value ($215,300 vs $167,100 in Prairie County).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie County	Treasure County
Population	1,251	761
Median age	49.1 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,192	$73,036
Median home value	$167,100	$215,300
Median gross rent	$827	$992
Housing units	667	479
Homeownership rate	76.3%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie County	Treasure County
Population	1,252 → 1,251 (-0.1%)	668 → 761 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$43,625 → $45,192 (+3.6%)	$43,047 → $73,036 (+69.7%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $167,100 (+48.0%)	$118,200 → $215,300 (+82.1%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $827 (+15.7%)	$645 → $992 (+53.8%)

Prairie County

Population

1,2521,251

Median household income

$43,625$45,192

Median home value

$112,900$167,100

Median gross rent

$715$827

Treasure County

Population

668761

Median household income

$43,047$73,036

Median home value

$118,200$215,300

Median gross rent

$645$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie County	Treasure County
Under 5	4.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	12.1%
18 to 24	2.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	8.2%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	24.0%
65 to 74	23.3%	12.2%
75 and over	10.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie County	Treasure County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie County	Treasure County
No high school diploma	11.5%	5.1%
High school graduate	34.7%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie County	Treasure County
Drove alone	52.4%	73.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	1.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	31.8%	20.6%
Other means	3.1%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie County	Treasure County
1-unit, detached	82.6%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.1%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Prairie County	Treasure County
Poverty rate	23.9%	10.8%
Average household size	2.35	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1958	1970