Population
1,729 residents
Census ACS 2023 - Montana
City profile · Montana · Census ACS 2023
Population, income, housing, safety, climate and schools for Clancy - drawn straight from Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA, NCES, HUD and FEMA, refreshed on the 2024–2025 release cycle.
Clancy - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Clancy lands in the 86th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
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.
1,729 people live in Clancy, Montana - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $116,800 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.7%. Typical homes in Clancy are valued around $443,500, and the median resident age is 38.1 years. Educational attainment runs 41.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 60.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 4 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
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 $1,404 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Montana run around $175, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 21.6 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
Population
1,729 residents
Census ACS 2023 - Montana
Median Household Income
$116,800 /yr
Poverty 4.7%
Cost of Living Index (state)
94.6 (US=100)
Below Average - BEA RPP 2024, Montana average
Here's how Clancy stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
For each metric we count every US city with population 1,000+ and a non-null value, then compute what share of them fall below Clancy's value: round(cities-below ÷ total × 100). Safety is inverted (percentile = share of cities with a higher crime rate) so a higher number always means safer. The in-state rank narrows that same crime-rate comparison to only the cities PlainCities tracks in Montana, breaking ties alphabetically. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
86th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Clancy's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$443,500 19th percentile more affordable than 19% of 15,600 US cities
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Based on 807 workers 16 and over.
State-average estimates for Montana - EIA 2023 residential energy data
Estimates reflect Montana state averages. Actual costs vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Cost of living is a Montana state average from BEA; rent and hazard risk are county-level figures from HUD and FEMA for the county Clancy sits in
Population-matched peers from other states, closest to Clancy's 1,729 residents (Census ACS 5-Year 2023).
Median-household-income-matched peers from other states, closest to Clancy's $116,800 (Census ACS 5-Year 2023, table B19013).
City-level race and ethnicity, Census ACS 5-year 2023 (tables B02001, B03001), OMB Directive 15 categories.
Population + median household income, sourced from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 (population) and B19013 (median household income).
| City | Population | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| Clancy (this city) | 1,729 | $116,800 |
| Choteau | 1,719 | $53,929 |
| Forsyth | 1,682 | $58,375 |
| Plentywood | 1,677 | $62,163 |
1,729 people live in Clancy, MT according to U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates.
Clancy households earn a median of $116,800 annually, based on Census ACS 2023 data.
BEA does not publish a city-level cost-of-living figure for Clancy; the closest available measure is the Montana state average, a cost of living index of 94.6 (U.S. average = 100), rated "Below Average" based on BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 data. Costs within Montana vary by metro area.
A typical home in Clancy is worth $443,500, according to Census ACS 2023 estimates.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, 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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.
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