Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.95 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Polson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Polson is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.41% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Polson in 2022 was $27,117, which is lower middle income relative to Montana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $108,468 for a family of four. However, Polson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Polson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Polson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Polson residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Polson include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Polson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
