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Place dossier plate
SheetMT-SANGREY-MT · Sangrey, MT 400 pop · income 8th 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 Sangrey
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Sangrey on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Anoka · lowest
34,167
Anoka · lowest
34,167 median HH income
28.3% of the leader · rank #1
Turley · near
40,350
Turley · near
40,350 median HH income
33.4% of the leader · rank #2
Belen · near
40,354
Belen · near
40,354 median HH income
33.4% of the leader · rank #3
Sangrey · this city
40,357
Sangrey · this city
40,357 median HH income
33.4% of the leader · rank #4
Reserve · near
40,357
Reserve · near
40,357 median HH income
33.4% of the leader · rank #5
Canadian Shor… · near
40,357
Canadian Shor… · near
40,357 median HH income
33.4% of the leader · rank #6
Alleman · highest
120,833
Alleman · highest
120,833 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 Sangrey 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: 400.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Sangrey lands in the 8th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
8th
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: Sangrey, MT
Sangrey is a small town in Montana, home to 400 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $40,357 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 26.3%. The median resident age is 20.7 years. About 14.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 43.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,336 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $175 across Montana, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 Sangrey'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 Sangrey, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, matched public-school count, 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 Sangrey?
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 West Kootenai (397 residents, $74,722 income); Kila (406 residents); Glacier Colony (390 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Higgston, GA (400 residents); Anoka, IN (400 residents); Alleman, IA (400 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Sangrey?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 18.1%. 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 26.3% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
94.6 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Montana average
F
City profile score · Sangrey, MT
23/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
14.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$40,357
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
26.3%
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).
Sangrey profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 66/100 (B-) · 94.6 index
Bachelor's+ share: 19/100 (F) · 14.7%
Household income: 7/100 (F) · $40,357
Poverty rate: 4/100 (F) · 26.3%
How does Sangrey compare to other US cities?
Here's how Sangrey stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income8% 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 Sangrey 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 Sangrey near the bottom of Montana's cities
Among the 317 Montana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Sangrey ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Sangrey only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#246 of 282
13th percentile in Montana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 317
0th percentile in Montana
Poverty Rate
#39 of 315
88th percentile in Montana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#234 of 317
25th 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
8th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$40,357Sangrey, MT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Sangrey, 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 Sangrey, MT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)26.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)43.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
400
Median Income
$40,357
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
20.7
Poverty Rate
26.3%
Labor force participation
43.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
14.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
18.1%
Carpool
65.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
16.4%
Based on 116 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 Sangrey. 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 Sangrey 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 Sangrey sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Sangrey 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.