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Beaverhead County, MT

9,590 Population
5,542.7 square miles 1.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$34,683 ±$2,612 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $39,842 ±$444
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$58,072 ±$2,248 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montana: $69,922 ±$768
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

14.7% ±3.5% (1,347  ±325) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 12.1% 129,998 (±0.3% / ±3,599)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

18.4 minutes ±2.4 (77,100  ±11,576) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Montana: 19.2 9,019,285 (±0.2 / ±114,265)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

4,121 ±167 Number of households
  • Montana: 452,683 ±1,926
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (9,090  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,075,777
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.3% ±2.7% (84  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,117 (±0.4% / ±852)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

4,973 ±32 Number of housing units
  • Montana: 522,939 ±206
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$282,000 ±$24,099 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montana: $338,100 ±$3,741
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

19% ±4.5% (1,802  ±425.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Montana: 14.2% 155,635 (±0.4% / ±4,606.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

93% ±6.5% (6,255  ±440) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.6% 728,513 (±0.7% / ±5,628.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
35.5% ±3.9% (2,388  ±260.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Montana: 34.5% 266,066 (±0.4% / ±3,434)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.8% (74  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,327
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9% ±1.9% (711  ±154) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 9.4% 81,663 (±0.2% / ±1,843)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
711 Total veterans ±154 608 Male ±132 103 Female ±54

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