Bridger vs Joliet

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

Bridger and Joliet 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 614 in Joliet). Joliet has the higher median household income ($75,469 vs $35,893 in Bridger). Joliet has the higher median home value ($237,100 vs $232,900 in Bridger).

Population, income & housing

	Bridger	Joliet
Population	850	614
Median age	40.6 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,893	$75,469
Median home value	$232,900	$237,100
Median gross rent	$657	—
Housing units	375	259
Homeownership rate	67.5%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridger	Joliet
Population	775 → 850 (+9.7%)	513 → 614 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$45,875 → $35,893 (-21.8%)	$46,607 → $75,469 (+61.9%)
Median home value	$126,400 → $232,900 (+84.3%)	$134,100 → $237,100 (+76.8%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $657 (-5.5%)	$821 → $472 (-42.5%)

Bridger

Population

775850

Median household income

$45,875$35,893

Median home value

$126,400$232,900

Median gross rent

$695$657

Joliet

Population

513614

Median household income

$46,607$75,469

Median home value

$134,100$237,100

Median gross rent

$821$472

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridger	Joliet
Under 5	6.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	13.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	6.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	19.9%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.9%
75 and over	5.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridger	Joliet
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridger	Joliet
No high school diploma	4.6%	1.4%
High school graduate	41.2%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridger	Joliet
Drove alone	76.3%	59.4%
Carpooled	13.7%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	5.2%	20.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridger	Joliet
1-unit, detached	74.9%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Bridger	Joliet
Poverty rate	16.6%	11.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1963	1965