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Powell County, MT

7,029 Population
2,326 square miles 3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±1.1 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

$30,316 ±$3,095 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Montana: $39,842 ±$444
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$63,432 ±$6,840 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $69,922 ±$768
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

6.3% ±2.4% (333  ±124) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Montana: 12.1% 129,998 (±0.3% / ±3,599)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

18.6 minutes ±2.6 (40,545  ±6,904) 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

2,348 ±125 Number of households
  • Montana: 452,683 ±1,926
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (5,373  ±52) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,075,777
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

1.3% ±1.7% (12  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,117 (±0.4% / ±852)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,969 ±39 Number of housing units
  • Montana: 522,939 ±206
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$255,700 ±$38,515 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Montana: $338,100 ±$3,741
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

18.1% ±3.5% (1,267  ±242.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 14.2% 155,635 (±0.4% / ±4,606.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

93.1% ±6.1% (5,149  ±344.6) 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)
19% ±3.4% (1,052  ±187.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Montana: 34.5% 266,066 (±0.4% / ±3,434)
  • about half 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

1.8% (126  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,327
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

13.2% ±2.9% (792  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montana: 9.4% 81,663 (±0.2% / ±1,843)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
792 Total veterans ±174 745 Male ±173 47 Female ±31

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