Highest-earning counties in Montana
The 2020 median household income in the U.S. was $67,521, a decrease of 2.9% from 2019. COVID-19 in 2020 drastically altered income and poverty levels, along with consumer habits and job opportunities.
Stacker compiled a list of the highest-earning counties in Montana using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Counties are ranked by 2020 5-year estimate median household income.
Data shows that annual annual income depends heavily on an individual's educational attainment, race, ethnicity, gender, and even location. One cluster of the United States is particularly well off: The five of the seven counties with the highest median household income in the country can be found in the Washington D.C. metropolitan areas of Maryland and Northern Virginia. These counties can likely attribute their wealth to their proximity to Washington D.C., which attracts highly educated and skilled people in areas of law and public policy. And people in those fields often marry each other, making two high-earning households one very high-earning household.
Keep reading to learn more about the highest-earning counties in Montana.
#56. Wheatland County
--- 37.6% below state average, 45.7% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 10.3%
--- #3,003 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 27.0%
--- #2,991 highest among all counties nationwide
#55. Glacier County
--- 33.4% below state average, 42.1% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 14.3%
--- #2,606 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 22.9%
--- #2,902 highest among all counties nationwide
#54. Lincoln County
--- 29.6% below state average, 38.7% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 15.1%
--- #2,490 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 13.4%
--- #2,801 highest among all counties nationwide
#53. Petroleum County
--- 29.3% below state average, 38.5% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 20.2%
--- #1,575 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 8.4%
--- #2,790 highest among all counties nationwide
#52. Deer Lodge County
--- 25.5% below state average, 35.2% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 12.1%
--- #2,852 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 19.2%
--- #2,641 highest among all counties nationwide
#51. Sanders County
--- 25.2% below state average, 34.9% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 11.9%
--- #2,882 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 15.3%
--- #2,626 highest among all counties nationwide
#50. Carter County
--- 25.2% below state average, 34.9% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 12.5%
--- #2,809 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 13.7%
--- #2,622 highest among all counties nationwide
#49. Prairie County
--- 25.1% below state average, 34.8% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 17.8%
--- #1,986 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 13.6%
--- #2,619 highest among all counties nationwide
#48. Garfield County
--- 22.6% below state average, 32.7% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 17.6%
--- #2,023 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 12.9%
--- #2,514 highest among all counties nationwide
#47. Treasure County
--- 21.0% below state average, 31.3% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 14.1%
--- #2,634 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 12.9%
--- #2,440 highest among all counties nationwide
#46. Blaine County
--- 19.8% below state average, 30.2% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 16.8%
--- #2,193 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 16.9%
--- #2,375 highest among all counties nationwide
#45. Roosevelt County
--- 19.6% below state average, 30.1% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 16.7%
--- #2,200 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 21.6%
--- #2,369 highest among all counties nationwide
#44. Chouteau County
--- 19.2% below state average, 29.7% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 17.7%
--- #2,004 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 10.8%
--- #2,349 highest among all counties nationwide
#43. Beaverhead County
--- 19.0% below state average, 29.5% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 18.5%
--- #1,874 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 16.5%
--- #2,342 highest among all counties nationwide
#42. Musselshell County
--- 18.1% below state average, 28.7% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 15.3%
--- #2,463 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 7.6%
--- #2,297 highest among all counties nationwide
#41. Phillips County
--- 17.4% below state average, 28.2% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 13.2%
--- #2,740 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 11.0%
--- #2,264 highest among all counties nationwide
#40. Liberty County
--- 17.3% below state average, 28.1% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 21.3%
--- #1,399 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 11.5%
--- #2,258 highest among all counties nationwide
#39. Meagher County
--- 17.2% below state average, 28.0% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 21.7%
--- #1,324 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 20.5%
--- #2,251 highest among all counties nationwide
#38. Fergus County
--- 15.8% below state average, 26.7% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 17.1%
--- #2,120 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 15.1%
--- #2,175 highest among all counties nationwide
#37. Big Horn County
--- 14.6% below state average, 25.7% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 18.6%
--- #1,855 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 12.3%
--- #2,116 highest among all counties nationwide
#36. Mineral County
--- 13.9% below state average, 25.1% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 16.8%
--- #2,179 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 14.8%
--- #2,076 highest among all counties nationwide
#35. Golden Valley County
--- 13.3% below state average, 24.6% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 16.9%
--- #2,170 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 15.2%
--- #2,037 highest among all counties nationwide
#34. Silver Bow County
--- 12.7% below state average, 24.1% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 18.4%
--- #1,892 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 16.8%
--- #2,005 highest among all counties nationwide
#33. Toole County
--- 12.1% below state average, 23.5% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 19.7%
--- #1,656 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 7.0%
--- #1,963 highest among all counties nationwide
#32. Judith Basin County
--- 11.0% below state average, 22.6% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 17.6%
--- #2,023 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 15.7%
--- #1,892 highest among all counties nationwide
#31. Powell County
--- 11.0% below state average, 22.6% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 16.8%
--- #2,179 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 12.1%
--- #1,890 highest among all counties nationwide
#30. Granite County
--- 10.2% below state average, 21.8% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 14.4%
--- #2,591 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 8.2%
--- #1,848 highest among all counties nationwide
#29. Hill County
--- 10.0% below state average, 21.7% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 17.8%
--- #1,986 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 12.9%
--- #1,835 highest among all counties nationwide
#28. Wibaux County
--- 9.8% below state average, 21.6% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 20.5%
--- #1,520 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 5.8%
--- #1,829 highest among all counties nationwide
#27. Valley County
--- 9.6% below state average, 21.4% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 15.9%
--- #2,358 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 10.6%
--- #1,816 highest among all counties nationwide
#26. Dawson County
--- 8.6% below state average, 20.5% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 19.4%
--- #1,712 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 9.8%
--- #1,727 highest among all counties nationwide
#25. Cascade County
--- 7.9% below state average, 19.9% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 20.2%
--- #1,575 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 11.9%
--- #1,668 highest among all counties nationwide
#24. Lake County
--- 7.7% below state average, 19.7% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 21.2%
--- #1,410 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 13.7%
--- #1,645 highest among all counties nationwide
#23. Park County
--- 6.1% below state average, 18.3% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 22.7%
--- #1,169 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 11.0%
--- #1,542 highest among all counties nationwide
#22. Sweet Grass County
--- 4.9% below state average, 17.2% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 15.7%
--- #2,395 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 6.4%
--- #1,473 highest among all counties nationwide
#21. Sheridan County
--- 4.3% below state average, 16.7% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 24.0%
--- #990 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 10.0%
--- #1,436 highest among all counties nationwide
#20. Pondera County
--- 4.1% below state average, 16.6% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 19.1%
--- #1,781 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 7.7%
--- #1,422 highest among all counties nationwide
#19. Custer County
--- 2.9% below state average, 15.5% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 24.3%
--- #953 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 12.0%
--- #1,353 highest among all counties nationwide
#18. Ravalli County
--- 2.6% below state average, 15.2% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 21.5%
--- #1,352 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 10.3%
--- #1,329 highest among all counties nationwide
#17. Madison County
--- 1.1% below state average, 14.0% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 21.6%
--- #1,333 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 6.9%
--- #1,256 highest among all counties nationwide
#16. Daniels County
--- 0.9% below state average, 13.8% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 20.1%
--- #1,587 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 3.5%
--- #1,241 highest among all counties nationwide
#15. Missoula County
--- 0.5% below state average, 13.5% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 23.7%
--- #1,030 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 11.3%
--- #1,226 highest among all counties nationwide
#14. Teton County
--- 0.2% above state average, 12.8% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 19.0%
--- #1,784 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 8.9%
--- #1,196 highest among all counties nationwide
#13. McCone County
--- 0.9% above state average, 12.2% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 21.2%
--- #1,410 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 9.9%
--- #1,157 highest among all counties nationwide
#12. Broadwater County
--- 2.1% above state average, 11.2% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 20.8%
--- #1,475 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 6.6%
--- #1,088 highest among all counties nationwide
#11. Powder River County
--- 2.2% above state average, 11.1% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 22.3%
--- #1,240 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 9.4%
--- #1,083 highest among all counties nationwide
#10. Flathead County
--- 2.2% above state average, 11.1% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 22.9%
--- #1,147 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 8.6%
--- #1,081 highest among all counties nationwide
#9. Rosebud County
--- 2.2% above state average, 11.1% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 22.0%
--- #1,268 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 14.7%
--- #1,079 highest among all counties nationwide
#8. Carbon County
--- 8.3% above state average, 5.8% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 23.5%
--- #1,057 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 8.3%
--- #811 highest among all counties nationwide
#7. Yellowstone County
--- 10.8% above state average, 3.6% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 28.2%
--- #603 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 8.1%
--- #711 highest among all counties nationwide
#6. Richland County
--- 13.5% above state average, 1.3% below national average
- Households earning over $100k: 26.5%
--- #733 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 11.5%
--- #628 highest among all counties nationwide
#5. Lewis and Clark County
--- 16.8% above state average, 1.6% above national average
- Households earning over $100k: 30.3%
--- #464 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 7.9%
--- #522 highest among all counties nationwide
#4. Stillwater County
--- 19.3% above state average, 3.8% above national average
- Households earning over $100k: 32.6%
--- #365 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 6.7%
--- #468 highest among all counties nationwide
#3. Fallon County
--- 23.4% above state average, 7.4% above national average
- Households earning over $100k: 34.9%
--- #286 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 11.0%
--- #387 highest among all counties nationwide
#2. Gallatin County
--- 24.0% above state average, 7.9% above national average
- Households earning over $100k: 32.2%
--- #382 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 8.3%
--- #375 highest among all counties nationwide
#1. Jefferson County
--- 27.0% above state average, 10.4% above national average
- Households earning over $100k: 33.0%
--- #351 highest among all counties nationwide
- Households earning less than $15k: 5.8%
--- #329 highest among all counties nationwide