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Fort Benton, MT

1,470 Population
2.3 square miles 641 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±6.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Chouteau County: 42.9 ±1.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$29,994 ±$3,827 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Chouteau County: $31,978 ±$2,330
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Montana: $39,842 ±$444
$67,171 ±$13,867 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Chouteau County: $56,927 † ±$6,199
  • a little less than the amount in Montana: $69,922 ±$768

3% ±2.1% (42  ±30) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Chouteau County: 12.4% † 724 (±3.1% / ±178)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Montana: 12.1% 129,998 (±0.3% / ±3,599)

16 minutes ±2.5 (8,740  ±2,008) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chouteau County: 19.8 43,055 (±1.1 / ±3,611)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montana: 19.2 9,019,285 (±0.2 / ±114,265)

Families

573 ±77 Number of households
  • Chouteau County: 2,212 ±96
  • Montana: 452,683 ±1,926
2.5 ±0.5 (1,416  ±185) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Chouteau County: 2.6 5,783 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • a little higher than the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,075,777

5.7% ±8.2% (13  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chouteau County: 3.4% † 39 (±2.8% / ±32)
  • a little higher than the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,117 (±0.4% / ±852)

Housing

732 ±89 Number of housing units
  • Chouteau County: 2,868 ±21
  • Montana: 522,939 ±206

$201,900 ±$31,573 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chouteau County: $185,100 † ±$21,982
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Montana: $338,100 ±$3,741

7% ±3.5% (102  ±52.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chouteau County: 9.1% † 532 (±2.5% / ±144.5)
  • about half the rate in Montana: 14.2% 155,635 (±0.4% / ±4,606.2)

Social

95.9% ±8% (1,003  ±141.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chouteau County: 92.3% 3,830 (±5.7% / ±242.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.6% 728,513 (±0.7% / ±5,628.6)
29.1% ±5.3% (304  ±65.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Chouteau County: 22.6% † 939 (±2.4% / ±101.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 34.5% 266,066 (±0.4% / ±3,434)

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

1.6% ±1.8% (24  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Chouteau County: 1.1% 67
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,327

13.2% ±4.4% (140  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chouteau County: 8.5% † 382 (±2.1% / ±93)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montana: 9.4% 81,663 (±0.2% / ±1,843)
140 Total veterans ±49 129 Male ±49 11 Female ±12

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