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Plains K-12 Schools, MT

4,368 Population
520.5 square miles 8.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.1 ±4.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Sanders County: 54.6 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,015 ±$8,990 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Sanders County: $32,019 ±$2,994
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,692 ±$12,041 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Sanders County: $57,476 † ±$6,047
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.8% ±4.9% (555  ±222) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sanders County: 15.5% † 2,025 (±3.1% / ±404)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.1 minutes ±3.3 (19,205  ±5,603) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Sanders County: 22 80,485 (±2 / ±10,784)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,058,565 (±0.2 / ±128,212)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,872 ±208 Number of households
  • Sanders County: 5,451 ±203
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.4 (4,286  ±459) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Sanders County: 2.4 13,088 (±0.1 / ±42)
  • 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,216 ±185 Number of housing units
  • Sanders County: 6,808 ±36
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$450,700 ±$100,405 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Sanders County: $359,000 ±$20,498
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.8% ±6% (778  ±274.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sanders County: 11.3% † 1,491 (±2.8% / ±371.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.8% ±7.5% (3,012  ±388.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sanders County: 91.7% 9,238 (±5.8% / ±588.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 94.6% 739,351 (±0.7% / ±5,772.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.2% ±5.4% (703  ±192.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sanders County: 21.5% † 2,164 (±3.2% / ±326.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.7% ±0.9% (72  ±38) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Sanders County: 1.7% 224
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13% ±4.6% (483  ±176) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Sanders County: 13.4% † 1,479 (±1.6% / ±180)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
483 Total veterans ±176 483 Male ±176 N/A Female ±11

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