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SheetMT-BIRCH-CREEK-COLONY-MT · Birch Creek Colony, MT 111 pop · income 0th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Birch Creek Colony
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Birch Creek Colony on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Birch Creek C… · this city · lowest
2,499
Birch Creek C… · this city · lowest
2,499 median HH income
1.4% of the leader · rank #1
Belmont · near
2,499
Belmont · near
2,499 median HH income
1.4% of the leader · rank #2
St. Maurice · near
2,499
St. Maurice · near
2,499 median HH income
1.4% of the leader · rank #3
Cearfoss · near
2,499
Cearfoss · near
2,499 median HH income
1.4% of the leader · rank #4
Rifton · near
2,499
Rifton · near
2,499 median HH income
1.4% of the leader · rank #5
Rollins · highest
180,197
Rollins · highest
180,197 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Birch Creek Colony on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 111.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Birch Creek Colony lands in the 0th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
0th
percentile, household income
61st
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Birch Creek Colony, MT
Montana's Birch Creek Colony is a small town, with 111 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Birch Creek Colony sits on the ACS median-income bottom-code (under $2,500), a bound rather than a precise dollar amount, with a poverty rate of 69.2%. The median resident age is 28.8 years. Educational attainment runs 0.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 51.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Montana run below the national norm: the state registers 94.6 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,336 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Montana's average monthly utility costs around $175 (state average). Commute times here average 9.5 minutes, with 0.0% driving alone and 0.0% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 33.3 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Birch Creek Colony's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Birch Creek Colony, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Birch Creek Colony?
Within Montana, the closest population matches are Rollins (110 residents, $180,197 income); Turner Colony (112 residents, $128,056 income); Opheim (109 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Pollard, AL (111 residents); Hard Rock, AZ (111 residents); Ratcliff, AR (111 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Birch Creek Colony?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Walking is the largest reported mode at 100.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 9.5 minutes.
Bottom-coded income · poverty 69.2% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
94.6 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Montana average
Note: Census ACS censors the tails of median household income ($250,000+ / under $2,500) and median home value ($2,000,000+ / under $10,000).
Birch Creek Colony's income is shown as under $2,500, a bound, not an exact annual figure.
F
City profile score · Birch Creek Colony, MT
17/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living B-
94.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
under $2,500
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
69.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
0.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Birch Creek Colony profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 66/100 (B-) · 94.6 index
Household income: 0/100 (F) · under $2,500
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 69.2%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 0.0%
How does Birch Creek Colony compare to other US cities?
Here's how Birch Creek Colony stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income0% higher than other cities
Median rent61% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Birch Creek Colony against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Montana only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Montana-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Birch Creek Colony near the bottom of Montana's cities
Among the 317 Montana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Birch Creek Colony ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Birch Creek Colony only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#280 of 282
0th percentile in Montana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 317
0th percentile in Montana
Poverty Rate
#3 of 315
99th percentile in Montana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#305 of 317
0th percentile in Montana
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Montana only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
0th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
under $2,500Birch Creek Colony, MT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Birch Creek Colony, MT median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Birch Creek Colony, MT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)0.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)69.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)51.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
111
Median Income
under $2,500
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
28.8
Poverty Rate
69.2%
Labor force participation
51.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
0.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
9.5 minutes
Drive Alone
0.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
100.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 49 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Montana statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $175
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Montana at $175 (electricity about $80 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are Montana statewide averages, not a meter reading for Birch Creek Colony. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Montana's BEA cost-of-living index is 94.6 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Birch Creek Colony is $1,336/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Montana statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 33.3 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Montana statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Birch Creek Colony sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Birch Creek Colony compares to similar-size Montana cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.