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Plentywood, MT

1,654 Population
1.4 square miles 1,219 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.2 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sheridan County: 43.1 ±2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,160 ±$5,146 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Sheridan County: $40,043 ±$3,237
  • a little less than the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,438 ±$15,386 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Sheridan County: $70,147 † ±$15,093
  • a little less than the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.7% ±6.8% (232  ±111) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sheridan County: 10.4% † 374 (±3.2% / ±118)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

9.7 minutes ±2 (8,490  ±2,207) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Sheridan County: 13.2 † 22,195 (±1.4 / ±3,023)
  • about half 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

716 ±71 Number of households
  • Sheridan County: 1,476 ±100
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (1,558  ±174) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sheridan County: 2.4 3,570 (±0.2 / ±188)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.2% ±7.4% (33  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sheridan County: 6.5% † 47 (±3.8% / ±28)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,407 (±0.3% / ±815)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

991 ±87 Number of housing units
  • Sheridan County: 2,041 ±78
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$161,000 ±$23,976 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Sheridan County: $124,000 † ±$20,717
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±4.1% (198  ±70.2) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Sheridan County: 6.6% † 239 (±2% / ±74.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.1% ±7.1% (1,093  ±146.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sheridan County: 90.7% 2,380 (±6.2% / ±194.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 94.6% 739,351 (±0.7% / ±5,772.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.2% ±5.5% (298  ±77) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sheridan County: 26.2% † 687 (±4% / ±109)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

4.4% ±2.3% (73  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Sheridan County: 2.7% † 100 (±1.1% / ±42)
  • nearly double the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.9% ±2.1% (55  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sheridan County: 5% † 144 (±1.6% / ±45)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
55 Total veterans ±30 55 Male ±30 N/A Female ±11

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