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Dawson High School District, MT

8,447 Population
1,637.9 square miles 5.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Dawson County: 43.5 ±1.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$36,924 ±$3,718 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Dawson County: $36,998 ±$3,648
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $39,842 ±$444
$71,007 ±$4,830 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Dawson County: $70,953 ±$4,534
  • about the same as the amount in Montana: $69,922 ±$768

9% ±3.4% (723  ±277) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Dawson County: 8.8% † 746 (±3.3% / ±278)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 12.1% 129,998 (±0.3% / ±3,599)

19 minutes ±4.6 (72,190  ±18,398) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Dawson County: 19.6 † 77,945 (±4.2 / ±17,809)
  • about the same as the figure in Montana: 19.2 9,019,285 (±0.2 / ±114,265)

Families

3,524 ±218 Number of households
  • Dawson County: 3,710 ±215
  • Montana: 452,683 ±1,926
2.3 ±0.1 (8,032  ±115) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Dawson County: 2.3 8,459 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little less than the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,075,777

7.2% ±4.8% (116  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Dawson County: 7% † 118 (±4.6% / ±78)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,117 (±0.4% / ±852)

Housing

4,106 ±64 Number of housing units
  • Dawson County: 4,377 ±31
  • Montana: 522,939 ±206

$189,800 ±$16,634 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Dawson County: $187,400 ±$16,578
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Montana: $338,100 ±$3,741

8.4% ±2.1% (693  ±176.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Dawson County: 8.4% † 730 (±2% / ±175.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montana: 14.2% 155,635 (±0.4% / ±4,606.2)

Social

94.2% ±8.8% (5,600  ±543.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dawson County: 94.3% 5,893 (±8.5% / ±545.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.6% 728,513 (±0.7% / ±5,628.6)
25.8% ±5.3% (1,531  ±318.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dawson County: 25.5% † 1,595 (±5.1% / ±319.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 34.5% 266,066 (±0.4% / ±3,434)

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

1.7% ±1.3% (139  ±110) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Dawson County: 1.7% 149
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,327

8.2% ±2.4% (543  ±160) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Dawson County: 8.3% † 581 (±2.2% / ±152)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 9.4% 81,663 (±0.2% / ±1,843)
543 Total veterans ±160 520 Male ±156 23 Female ±23

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