Belfry vs Bridger

A side-by-side comparison of Belfry and Bridger: population, income, housing, and more.

Belfry and Bridger are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bridger has the higher population (850 vs 240 in Belfry). Belfry has the higher median household income ($45,625 vs $35,893 in Bridger). Bridger has the higher median home value ($232,900 vs $139,600 in Belfry).

Population, income & housing

	Belfry	Bridger
Population	240	850
Median age	33.8 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,625	$35,893
Median home value	$139,600	$232,900
Median gross rent	—	$657
Housing units	72	375
Homeownership rate	73.6%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	14.6%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belfry	Bridger
Population	305 → 240 (-21.3%)	775 → 850 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$43,333 → $45,625 (+5.3%)	$45,875 → $35,893 (-21.8%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $139,600 (+51.6%)	$126,400 → $232,900 (+84.3%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $1,036 (+31.5%)	$695 → $657 (-5.5%)

Belfry

Population

305240

Median household income

$43,333$45,625

Median home value

$92,100$139,600

Median gross rent

$788$1,036

Bridger

Population

775850

Median household income

$45,875$35,893

Median home value

$126,400$232,900

Median gross rent

$695$657

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belfry	Bridger
Under 5	5.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.9%
25 to 34	25.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.2%	6.9%
45 to 54	6.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	19.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.7%
75 and over	12.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belfry	Bridger
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	32.5%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belfry	Bridger
No high school diploma	6.6%	4.6%
High school graduate	62.4%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belfry	Bridger
Drove alone	75.6%	76.3%
Carpooled	13.4%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belfry	Bridger
1-unit, detached	48.6%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	48.6%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Belfry	Bridger
Poverty rate	39.6%	16.6%
Average household size	3.33	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	66	19
Median year structure built	1969	1963