Southeast Montana News

Hysham ranked 145th among cities in Montana by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Hysham residents was an inflation-adjusted $25,729 per year. Hysham had 151 households in 2017, with a population of 343.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was West Havre. West Havre's median income was $82,708 per year after adjusting for inflation – $56,979 more than Hysham. It had 34 households in 2017 and a population of 101.

De Borgia had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Montana, with a median income of only $8,500 per year. That was $17,229 less than the median income in Hysham at the time. De Borgia had 21 households in 2017 and a population of 34.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	West Havre	82,708
2	Gallatin River Ranch	75,167
3	Kings Point	58,750
4	Jardine	57,813
5	Springhill	55,833
6	South Hills	53,409
7	Spokane Creek	53,214
8	Kicking Horse	52,344
9	Niarada	51,250
10	Biddle	51,250
11	Colstrip	50,266
12	Marysville	47,750
13	Belknap	46,894
14	Crane	45,750
15	Bear Dance	44,500
16	Sula	43,917
17	Turah	43,333
18	Fort Peck	41,500
19	Shepherd	41,200
20	Four Corners	40,989
21	Helena Valley Northwest	40,585
22	Camp Three	40,313
23	Fallon	40,000
24	West Glendive	39,049
25	Garrison	38,125
26	Bainville	37,969
27	Finley Point	37,813
28	Sand Coulee	37,500
29	Huntley	37,432
30	Wineglass	37,375
31	St. Xavier	37,361
32	Helena Valley Northeast	36,715
33	Clancy	36,528
34	Plevna	36,458
35	Boyd	36,346
36	South Glastonbury	35,625
37	Helena West Side	35,441
38	The Silos	35,438
39	Wheatland	34,931
40	Medicine Lake	34,712
41	Elliston	34,667
42	Brady	34,318
43	Helena Valley West Central	34,253
44	Antelope	34,107
45	Corwin Springs	34,063
46	Somers	33,906
47	Rader Creek	33,571
48	Brockton	33,000
49	Sweet Grass	32,917
50	King Arthur Park	32,844
51	Gardiner	32,750
52	Wilsall	32,500
53	Silver Gate	32,500
54	Stanford	32,500
55	Lindisfarne	32,298
56	Sunburst	32,188
57	Baker	32,003
58	Stockett	31,731
59	Reserve	31,667
60	Sidney	31,663
61	Bearcreek	31,324
62	Terry	31,321
63	Culbertson	31,250
64	Ponderosa Pines	31,250
65	Manhattan	31,123
66	Absarokee	31,108
67	Roy	31,042
68	Wisdom	31,023
69	Scobey	30,982
70	Gallatin Gateway	30,639
71	Big Sky	30,537
72	Hebgen Lake Estates	30,406
73	Lakeside	30,370
74	Wye	30,347
75	Worden	30,302
76	Swan Lake	30,250
77	Broadus	30,242
78	Westby	30,227
79	Frenchtown	30,164
80	Fort Smith	30,078
81	Willow Creek	30,000
82	Nashua	30,000
83	East Helena	29,949
84	Vaughn	29,821
85	Billings	29,788
86	Klein	29,643
87	Lolo	29,596
88	Ryegate	29,583
89	Big Timber	29,357
90	Amsterdam	29,348
91	Helena Valley Southeast	29,295
92	Bigfork	29,261
93	Belgrade	29,226
94	Lockwood	29,169
95	Whitefish	29,132
96	Froid	29,107
97	Outlook	28,906
98	Helena	28,696
99	Heron	28,482
100	Jette	28,348

* All values are inflation-adjusted