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South of the Yellowstone CCD, Sweet Grass County, MT

2,823 Population
772.3 square miles 3.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±4.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Sweet Grass County: 47 ±2.8
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,506 ±$5,268 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Sweet Grass County: $44,275 † ±$5,077
  • about the same as the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,406 ±$13,497 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Sweet Grass County: $77,000 † ±$10,890
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.8% ±4.5% (274  ±127) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Sweet Grass County: 7.9% † 290 (±3.5% / ±128)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.8 minutes ±4.5 (27,410  ±6,903) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Sweet Grass County: 24.5 † 39,870 (±3.5 / ±7,194)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,058,565 (±0.2 / ±128,212)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,223 ±99 Number of households
  • Sweet Grass County: 1,552 ±93
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (2,787  ±172) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Sweet Grass County: 2.4 3,684 (±0.1 / ±3)
  • a little less than the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.8% ±6% (38  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sweet Grass County: 6.2% † 47 (±4.7% / ±36)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,407 (±0.3% / ±815)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,533 ±95 Number of housing units
  • Sweet Grass County: 1,900 ±93
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$321,100 ±$30,877 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Sweet Grass County: $330,100 ±$29,060
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.9% ±3.7% (222  ±105.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sweet Grass County: 9.2% † 336 (±3.5% / ±126.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.7% ±5.9% (2,000  ±192.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sweet Grass County: 97.1% 2,621 (±7.1% / ±214.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.6% 739,351 (±0.7% / ±5,772.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.7% ±4.3% (407  ±93.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sweet Grass County: 24.4% † 658 (±3.8% / ±105.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)
  • about half 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

1.1% ±0.7% (30  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sweet Grass County: 1.3% 47
  • about half the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.6% ±3.1% (286  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sweet Grass County: 11.2% † 333 (±2.5% / ±75)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
286 Total veterans ±72 250 Male ±63 36 Female ±28

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