Belt vs Sun Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Belt and Sun Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sun Prairie has the higher population (1,514 vs 525 in Belt). Belt has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $61,004 in Sun Prairie). Belt has the higher median home value ($170,500 vs $156,800 in Sun Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Belt	Sun Prairie
Population	525	1,514
Median age	48.3 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,083	$61,004
Median home value	$170,500	$156,800
Median gross rent	$910	—
Housing units	255	638
Homeownership rate	71.4%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belt	Sun Prairie
Population	514 → 525 (+2.1%)	1,717 → 1,514 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$38,214 → $72,083 (+88.6%)	$52,832 → $61,004 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$127,400 → $170,500 (+33.8%)	$150,700 → $156,800 (+4.0%)
Median gross rent	$375 → $910 (+142.7%)	—

Belt

Population

514525

Median household income

$38,214$72,083

Median home value

$127,400$170,500

Median gross rent

$375$910

Sun Prairie

Population

1,7171,514

Median household income

$52,832$61,004

Median home value

$150,700$156,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belt	Sun Prairie
Under 5	1.0%	9.7%
5 to 17	13.3%	10.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	12.1%
25 to 34	8.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	5.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	17.1%
55 to 64	19.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	19.2%
75 and over	8.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belt	Sun Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.4%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belt	Sun Prairie
No high school diploma	8.8%	8.3%
High school graduate	38.9%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belt	Sun Prairie
Drove alone	62.6%	81.1%
Carpooled	27.6%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belt	Sun Prairie
1-unit, detached	63.1%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	49.7%

Poverty & households

	Belt	Sun Prairie
Poverty rate	9.1%	9.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1966	1979