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Westby, MT

290 Population
0.6 square miles 516.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.3 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Sheridan County: 43.1 ±2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,981 ±$7,204 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sheridan County: $40,043 ±$3,237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$32,500 ±$22,154 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Sheridan County: $70,147 † ±$15,093
  • about half the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.3% ±5.4% (24  ±17) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sheridan County: 10.4% † 374 (±3.2% / ±118)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.2 minutes ±10.8 (2,070  ±977) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sheridan County: 13.2 † 22,195 (±1.4 / ±3,023)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,058,565 (±0.2 / ±128,212)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

104 ±29 Number of households
  • Sheridan County: 1,476 ±100
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0 (290  ±81) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sheridan County: 2.4 3,570 (±0.2 / ±188)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±5% (2  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Sheridan County: 6.5% † 47 (±3.8% / ±28)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,407 (±0.3% / ±815)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

147 ±30 Number of housing units
  • Sheridan County: 2,041 ±78
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$65,800 ±$22,883 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Sheridan County: $124,000 † ±$20,717
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.4% ±6.2% (7  ±18.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sheridan County: 6.6% † 239 (±2% / ±74.2)
  • 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

92.5% ±39.3% (211  ±57.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sheridan County: 90.7% 2,380 (±6.2% / ±194.8)
  • 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)
18% ±11.5% (41  ±29.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sheridan County: 26.2% † 687 (±4% / ±109)
  • about half 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

N/A Foreign-born population

8.9% ±5.3% (21  ±14) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Sheridan County: 5% † 144 (±1.6% / ±45)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
21 Total veterans ±14 21 Male ±14 N/A Female ±11

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