Great Falls vs Sun Prairie

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

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

Great Falls has the higher population (60,412 vs 1,514 in Sun Prairie). Great Falls has the higher median household income ($63,934 vs $61,004 in Sun Prairie). Great Falls has the higher median home value ($237,400 vs $156,800 in Sun Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Great Falls	Sun Prairie
Population	60,412	1,514
Median age	39.3 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,934	$61,004
Median home value	$237,400	$156,800
Median gross rent	$866	—
Housing units	28,333	638
Homeownership rate	68.4%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Falls	Sun Prairie
Population	58,835 → 60,412 (+2.7%)	1,717 → 1,514 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$46,965 → $63,934 (+36.1%)	$52,832 → $61,004 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$176,500 → $237,400 (+34.5%)	$150,700 → $156,800 (+4.0%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $866 (+18.8%)	—

Great Falls

Population

58,83560,412

Median household income

$46,965$63,934

Median home value

$176,500$237,400

Median gross rent

$729$866

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)

	Great Falls	Sun Prairie
Under 5	5.1%	9.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	10.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	12.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	5.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	17.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	19.2%
75 and over	9.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Falls	Sun Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	88.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.9%	1.6%
Asian	1.0%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Falls	Sun Prairie
No high school diploma	5.8%	8.3%
High school graduate	31.9%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Falls	Sun Prairie
Drove alone	79.5%	81.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	11.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	7.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Falls	Sun Prairie
1-unit, detached	65.5%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	49.7%

Poverty & households

	Great Falls	Sun Prairie
Poverty rate	14.0%	9.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	15	20
Median year structure built	1965	1979