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Colstrip, MT

2,101 Population
4 square miles 519.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rosebud County: 38 ±1.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,447 ±$5,472 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Rosebud County: $29,231 ±$1,989
  • about the same as the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$82,500 ±$51,101 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Rosebud County: $49,914 † ±$14,727
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.4% ±6.9% (197  ±148) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rosebud County: 24.5% † 1,980 (±4.5% / ±361)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

10.7 minutes ±2.7 (9,960  ±3,320) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Rosebud County: 15.5 45,065 (±1.4 / ±5,477)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,058,565 (±0.2 / ±128,212)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

802 ±113 Number of households
  • Rosebud County: 3,070 ±134
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.5 (2,096  ±285) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rosebud County: 2.6 8,081 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±5.2% (21  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rosebud County: 9.2% † 156 (±4.1% / ±70)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,407 (±0.3% / ±815)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

940 ±115 Number of housing units
  • Rosebud County: 3,779 ±24
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$194,900 ±$34,102 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rosebud County: $182,400 † ±$30,038
  • about half the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.4% ±2% (50  ±42.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Rosebud County: 6.9% † 562 (±2.1% / ±171.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.4% ±12.5% (1,359  ±229.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rosebud County: 90.7% 4,711 (±6.2% / ±323.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.6% 739,351 (±0.7% / ±5,772.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.9% ±8% (369  ±120.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Rosebud County: 20.9% † 1,085 (±3% / ±158.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.6% ±0.7% (12  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rosebud County: 2.3% 185
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

21.3% ±9.9% (326  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rosebud County: 12.6% † 738 (±3% / ±178)
  • more than double the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
326 Total veterans ±155 223 Male ±98 103 Female ±81

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