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Sanders County, MT

12,936 Population
2,760.4 square miles 4.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.6 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Montana: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,554 ±$3,075 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montana: $39,842 ±$444
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$54,035 ±$5,623 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Montana: $69,922 ±$768
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

15.1% ±3% (1,920  ±378) 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)

23.7 minutes ±3.1 (86,450  ±13,644) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 19.2 9,019,285 (±0.2 / ±114,265)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

5,453 ±203 Number of households
  • Montana: 452,683 ±1,926
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (12,727  ±41) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,075,777
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4% ±2% (83  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,117 (±0.4% / ±852)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

6,789 ±46 Number of housing units
  • Montana: 522,939 ±206
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$323,800 ±$27,668 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Montana: $338,100 ±$3,741
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

12.4% ±3.1% (1,598  ±401.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 14.2% 155,635 (±0.4% / ±4,606.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

92.2% ±5.6% (9,141  ±559.5) 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)
21.6% ±3.1% (2,137  ±311.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montana: 34.5% 266,066 (±0.4% / ±3,434)
  • about three-fifths of 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% (233  ±77) 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

14% ±1.8% (1,494  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 9.4% 81,663 (±0.2% / ±1,843)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,494 Total veterans ±188 1,394 Male ±188 100 Female ±49

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