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Place dossier plate
SheetMT-OLD-AGENCY-MT · Old Agency, MT 114 pop · income 4th 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 Old Agency
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Old Agency on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Birch Creek C… · lowest
2,499
Birch Creek C… · lowest
2,499 median HH income
1.4% of the leader · rank #1
Old Agency · this city
33,750
Old Agency · this city
33,750 median HH income
18.7% of the leader · rank #2
Griffithville · near
33,750
Griffithville · near
33,750 median HH income
18.7% of the leader · rank #3
Payneway · near
33,750
Payneway · near
33,750 median HH income
18.7% of the leader · rank #4
Hornbrook · near
33,750
Hornbrook · near
33,750 median HH income
18.7% of the leader · rank #5
Lemon Grove · near
33,750
Lemon Grove · near
33,750 median HH income
18.7% of the leader · rank #6
Rollins · highest
180,197
Rollins · highest
180,197 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 Old 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: 114.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Old Agency lands in the 4th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
4th
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: Old Agency, MT
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 114 residents in Old Agency, a small town within Montana. Median household income here is $33,750 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 42.9%. The median resident age is 22.5 years. 6.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 52.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Montana run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Montana scores 94.6 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,336 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $175 across Montana, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 Old 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 work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Old Agency, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Old Agency?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 58.3%. 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. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Which cities make useful reference points for Old 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 Reed Point (113 residents, $79,375 income); Turner Colony (112 residents, $128,056 income); Birch Creek Colony (111 residents, under $2,500 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Comptche, CA (114 residents); Hartland, IL (114 residents); Nelson, IL (114 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 42.9% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
94.6 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Montana average
F
City profile score · Old Agency, 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
$33,750
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
42.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
6.3%
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).
Old Agency profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 66/100 (B-) · 94.6 index
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $33,750
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 42.9%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 6.3%
How does Old Agency compare to other US cities?
Old Agency measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income4% 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 Old 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 Old Agency near the bottom of Montana's cities
Among the 317 Montana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Old Agency ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Old Agency only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#266 of 282
5th percentile in Montana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 317
0th percentile in Montana
Poverty Rate
#16 of 315
95th percentile in Montana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#288 of 317
9th 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
4th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$33,750Old Agency, MT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Old 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 Old Agency, MT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)6.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)42.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)52.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
114
Median Income
$33,750
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
22.5
Poverty Rate
42.9%
Labor force participation
52.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
6.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
58.3%
Carpool
16.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
25.0%
Based on 36 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 Old 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 Old 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 Old Agency sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Old 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, 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.