Cascade vs Sun Prairie

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

Cascade 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 654 in Cascade). Sun Prairie has the higher median household income ($61,004 vs $48,750 in Cascade). Cascade has the higher median home value ($186,500 vs $156,800 in Sun Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade	Sun Prairie
Population	654	1,514
Median age	44.3 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$61,004
Median home value	$186,500	$156,800
Median gross rent	$844	—
Housing units	345	638
Homeownership rate	67.1%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade	Sun Prairie
Population	712 → 654 (-8.1%)	1,717 → 1,514 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$42,000 → $48,750 (+16.1%)	$52,832 → $61,004 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $186,500 (+54.4%)	$150,700 → $156,800 (+4.0%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $844 (+14.8%)	—

Cascade

Population

712654

Median household income

$42,000$48,750

Median home value

$120,800$186,500

Median gross rent

$735$844

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)

	Cascade	Sun Prairie
Under 5	2.4%	9.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	10.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	12.1%
25 to 34	8.1%	7.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	5.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	17.1%
55 to 64	9.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	16.8%	19.2%
75 and over	10.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade	Sun Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade	Sun Prairie
No high school diploma	7.7%	8.3%
High school graduate	43.2%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade	Sun Prairie
Drove alone	58.9%	81.1%
Carpooled	15.1%	11.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade	Sun Prairie
1-unit, detached	67.0%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	49.7%

Poverty & households

	Cascade	Sun Prairie
Poverty rate	13.2%	9.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1969	1979