Big Stone Colony vs Riceville

A side-by-side comparison of Big Stone Colony and Riceville: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Stone Colony and Riceville are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Big Stone Colony has the higher population (44 vs 26 in Riceville). Since 2019, Riceville's population has grown faster (-23.5% vs -61.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Stone Colony	Riceville
Population	44	26
Median age	37.6 yrs	39.9 yrs
Housing units	20	6
Homeownership rate	25.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Stone Colony	Riceville
Population	113 → 44 (-61.1%)	34 → 26 (-23.5%)

Big Stone Colony

Population

11344

Riceville

Population

3426

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Stone Colony	Riceville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	27.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	38.6%	26.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	46.2%
65 to 74	34.1%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Stone Colony	Riceville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Stone Colony	Riceville
No high school diploma	61.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.6%	68.4%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Stone Colony	Riceville
Drove alone	9.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	90.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Stone Colony	Riceville
1-unit, detached	0.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	85.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Stone Colony	Riceville
Poverty rate	47.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.25	4.33