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Place dossier plate
SheetMT-ST-PIERRE-MT · St. Pierre, MT 467 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 St. Pierre
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest St. Pierre on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Azure · lowest
32,279
Azure · lowest
32,279 median HH income
37.1% of the leader · rank #1
Sells · near
34,138
Sells · near
34,138 median HH income
39.3% of the leader · rank #2
St. Pierre · this city
34,141
St. Pierre · this city
34,141 median HH income
39.3% of the leader · rank #3
Chocowinity · near
34,141
Chocowinity · near
34,141 median HH income
39.3% of the leader · rank #4
Wisner · near
34,145
Wisner · near
34,145 median HH income
39.3% of the leader · rank #5
Conway · near
34,153
Conway · near
34,153 median HH income
39.3% of the leader · rank #6
Lewistown Hei… · highest
86,930
Lewistown Hei… · highest
86,930 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 St. Pierre 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: 467.
St. Pierre ranks in the 4th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. 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: St. Pierre, MT
St. Pierre is a small town in Montana, home to 467 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. St. Pierre households earn a median of $34,141 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 46.0%. The median resident age is 19.9 years. About 13.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 34.3% 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. 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 St. Pierre'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 St. Pierre, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for St. Pierre?
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 The Silos (474 residents, $54,245 income); Evaro (479 residents, $68,977 income); Azure (454 residents, $32,279 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Angoon, AK (467 residents); Cohasset, CA (467 residents); Bloomingdale, MI (467 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 St. Pierre?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 77.7%. 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 46.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
94.6 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Montana average
F
City profile score · St. Pierre, MT
19/100
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
13.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$34,141
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
46.0%
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).
St. Pierre profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 66/100 (B-) · 94.6 index
Bachelor's+ share: 15/100 (F) · 13.1%
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $34,141
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 46.0%
How does St. Pierre compare to other US cities?
Where St. Pierre sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
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 St. Pierre 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 St. Pierre near the bottom of Montana's cities
Among the 317 Montana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, St. Pierre ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares St. Pierre only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#265 of 282
6th percentile in Montana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 317
0th percentile in Montana
Poverty Rate
#11 of 315
97th percentile in Montana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#249 of 317
21st 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
$34,141St. Pierre, MT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context St. Pierre, 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 St. Pierre, MT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)13.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)46.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)34.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
467
Median Income
$34,141
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
19.9
Poverty Rate
46.0%
Labor force participation
34.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
13.1%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
77.7%
Carpool
13.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
8.5%
Based on 94 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 St. Pierre. 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 St. Pierre 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 St. Pierre sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How St. Pierre 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.