What is the population of Whitehall town?

Whitehall town has 1,151 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #85 of 497 in Montana.

What is the median household income in Whitehall town?

Median household income in Whitehall town is $38,750 a year, 50.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Whitehall town?

Median gross rent is $689 a month and the median home value is $180,600, so rent absorbs about 21.3% of median household income.

Is Whitehall town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Whitehall town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Whitehall, MT population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Whitehall, Montana (Whitehall, MT — Census place “Whitehall town”) is 1,151 residents, ranking #85 of 497 places in Montana. Median household income is $38,750, the median home is worth $180,600 and median gross rent runs $689 a month. Looking for the Whitehall Montana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Whitehall, MT: 59759.

Population: 1,151Whitehall town residents
Median household income: $38,750Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $180,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $689Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 47 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 61.9%Owner-occupied households

Whitehall ZIP codes (Montana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Whitehall.

The Whitehall MT ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

59759

What the numbers mean in Whitehall town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Whitehall town median would spend about 21.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.1% of residents and 61.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Whitehall town, MT in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Whitehall town is a small town in Montana, with 1,151 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #85 of 497 ranked by population — larger than 83% of them. The median age here is 47 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Whitehall town earn a median of $38,750 a year, 50.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 38% below the $62,992 median for the 94 Montana cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 18.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Whitehall town is valued at $180,600, 40.5% below the national figure and 28% below the $250,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $689 a month, 51% below the national figure, or roughly $8,268 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 61.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Whitehall town?: Whitehall town has 1,151 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #85 of 497 in Montana.
What is the median household income in Whitehall town?: Median household income in Whitehall town is $38,750 a year, 50.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Whitehall town?: Median gross rent is $689 a month and the median home value is $180,600, so rent absorbs about 21.3% of median household income.
Is Whitehall town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Whitehall town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Whitehall town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.