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SheetMT-CLINTON-MT · Clinton, MT 884 pop · income 70th 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 Clinton
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Clinton on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Brooksville · lowest
22,917
Brooksville · lowest
22,917 median HH income
21.9% of the leader · rank #1
Blanchard · near
89,472
Blanchard · near
89,472 median HH income
85.6% of the leader · rank #2
Clinton · this city
89,482
Clinton · this city
89,482 median HH income
85.6% of the leader · rank #3
Rocky Ridge · near
89,485
Rocky Ridge · near
89,485 median HH income
85.6% of the leader · rank #4
Magnolia · near
89,489
Magnolia · near
89,489 median HH income
85.6% of the leader · rank #5
Vallejo · near
89,496
Vallejo · near
89,496 median HH income
85.6% of the leader · rank #6
Shawnee Hills · highest
104,583
Shawnee Hills · highest
104,583 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
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 Clinton 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: 884.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Clinton lands in the 70th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
70th
percentile, household income
69th
percentile, home value
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: Clinton, MT
884 people live in Clinton, Montana - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Clinton brings in $89,482 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 1.5%. Typical homes in Clinton are valued around $326,100, and the median resident age is 42.5 years. Educational attainment runs 22.8% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 68.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 2 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
Living costs in Montana run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Montana at 94.6 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,336 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Montana run around $175, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 33.3 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Clinton'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 schools and households to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Clinton, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Clinton?
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.
Within Montana, the closest population matches are Havre North (880 residents, $36,695 income); Harlem (879 residents, $74,545 income); Lincoln (868 residents, $45,912 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Mayer, AZ (884 residents); Sloan, IA (884 residents); Brooksville, MS (884 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.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 22.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
What does the journey to work look like in Clinton?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 89.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
How far does income reach against housing in Clinton?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Montana average
B-
City profile score · Clinton, MT
68/100
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.
Poverty rate A
1.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B-
$89,482
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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.
Bachelor's+ share D
22.8%
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).
Clinton profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 89/100 (A) · 1.5%
Household income: 69/100 (B-) · $89,482
Cost of living: 66/100 (B-) · 94.6 index
Bachelor's+ share: 42/100 (D) · 22.8%
How does Clinton compare to other US cities?
Where Clinton sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income70% higher than other cities
Home value69% pricier 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 Clinton 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 Clinton near the bottom of Montana's cities
Among the 317 Montana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Clinton ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Clinton only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#37 of 282
87th percentile in Montana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 317
0th percentile in Montana
Median Home Value
#87 of 279
69th percentile in Montana
Poverty Rate
#222 of 315
29th percentile in Montana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#152 of 317
52nd 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
70th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Clinton's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$326,10031st percentilemore affordable than 31% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
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
Clinton's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,524 of 15,516
More affordable than 39% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,607 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.6×, Clinton sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,524 of 15,516 and #7,607 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$89,482Clinton, MT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Clinton, 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 Clinton, MT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)68.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
884
Median Income
$89,482
Median Home Value
$326,100
Median Age
42.5
Poverty Rate
1.5%
Labor force participation
68.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
22.8%
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
89.0%
Carpool
9.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
1.0%
Based on 499 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 Clinton. 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 Clinton 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 Clinton sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Clinton 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, 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.