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Powder River County, MT

1,773 Population
3,298.2 square miles 0.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.9 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$38,588 ±$5,893 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Montana: $37,837 ±$460
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$60,313 ±$7,901 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $66,341 ±$748
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

12.7% ±3.5% (220  ±62) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 12.4% 132,329 (±0.4% / ±4,021)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

18.7 minutes ±2.8 (14,590  ±2,986) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Montana: 18.8 8,859,095 (±0.2 / ±117,055)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

746 ±78 Number of households
  • Montana: 443,917 ±1,940
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.3 ±0.3 (1,720  ±123) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,062,585
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

7.2% ±6.1% (22  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,024 (±0.3% / ±757)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

1,015 ±66 Number of housing units
  • Montana: 517,430 ±215
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$167,500 ±$46,621 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Montana: $305,700 ±$3,425
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

11.7% ±4% (204  ±71.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 14.8% 159,549 (±0.4% / ±4,260.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

89.3% ±8.1% (1,226  ±,132.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 94.5% 716,319 (±0.8% / ±5,765.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
25.5% ±6% (350  ±84.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 34% 257,627 (±0.4% / ±3,350.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

1.7% ±1.7% (30  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 24,713
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

11% ±3.3% (162  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 9.6% 82,367 (±0.2% / ±1,792)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
162 Total veterans ±49 149 Male ±54 13 Female ±16

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