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Place dossier plate
SheetMT-CROW-AGENCY-MT · Crow Agency, MT 2,110 pop · income 18th 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 Crow Agency
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Crow Agency on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Jefferson · lowest
40,865
Jefferson · lowest
40,865 median HH income
33.0% of the leader · rank #1
Old · near
49,329
Old · near
49,329 median HH income
39.8% of the leader · rank #2
Potomac Park · near
49,330
Potomac Park · near
49,330 median HH income
39.8% of the leader · rank #3
Brazil · near
49,331
Brazil · near
49,331 median HH income
39.8% of the leader · rank #4
Crow Agency · this city
49,333
Crow Agency · this city
49,333 median HH income
39.8% of the leader · rank #5
Monte Vista · near
49,339
Monte Vista · near
49,339 median HH income
39.8% of the leader · rank #6
Southworth · highest
123,842
Southworth · highest
123,842 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 Crow Agency 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: 2,110.
Nationally, Crow Agency sits in the 18th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
18th
percentile, household income
6th
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: Crow Agency, MT
Crow Agency is a small town in Montana, home to 2,110 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Crow Agency report a median income of $49,333 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 32.8%. Home values in Crow Agency run a median of $88,500, and the median resident age is 25.0 years. Educational attainment runs 12.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 31.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,336 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Montana run around $175, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 33.3 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Crow Agency'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 schools and households to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Crow Agency, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Crow Agency?
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 1 public school within the city match. 12.4% 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 Crow Agency?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 60.4%. 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. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Crow Agency?
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 East Missoula (2,072 residents, $65,541 income); Manhattan (2,149 residents, $69,671 income); Colstrip (2,156 residents, $86,000 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are New Carlisle, IN (2,110 residents); Weston, NJ (2,111 residents); Jefferson, TX (2,111 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Crow Agency?
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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 32.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Low income · poverty 32.8% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
94.6 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Montana average
F
City profile score · Crow Agency, MT
25/100
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
$49,333
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
12.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
32.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Crow Agency profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 66/100 (B-) · 94.6 index
Household income: 19/100 (F) · $49,333
Bachelor's+ share: 13/100 (F) · 12.4%
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 32.8%
How does Crow Agency compare to other US cities?
Crow Agency measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income18% higher than other cities
Home value6% 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 Crow Agency 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 Crow Agency near the bottom of Montana's cities
Among the 317 Montana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Crow Agency ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Crow Agency only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#202 of 282
28th percentile in Montana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 317
0th percentile in Montana
Median Home Value
#262 of 279
6th percentile in Montana
Poverty Rate
#32 of 315
90th percentile in Montana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#256 of 317
19th 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
18th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Crow Agency's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$88,500Among the most affordablemore affordable than 94% 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
Crow Agency's home-value-to-income ratio: 1.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#985 of 15,516
More affordable than 94% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#954 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 1.8×, Crow Agency sits in the affordable band:
national rank #985 of 15,516 and #954 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$49,333Crow Agency, MT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Crow Agency, 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 Crow Agency, MT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)12.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)32.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)31.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,110
Median Income
$49,333
Median Home Value
$88,500
Median Age
25.0
Poverty Rate
32.8%
Labor force participation
31.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
12.4%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
60.4%
Carpool
26.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
11.5%
Work from Home
1.2%
Based on 427 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 Crow Agency. 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 Crow Agency 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 Crow Agency sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Crow Agency 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.