Hardy vs Sun River

A side-by-side comparison of Hardy and Sun River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hardy has the higher population (65 vs 62 in Sun River). Hardy has the higher median household income ($78,333 vs $42,237 in Sun River). Hardy has the higher median home value ($408,300 vs $167,100 in Sun River).

Population, income & housing

	Hardy	Sun River
Population	65	62
Median age	71.7 yrs	71.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,333	$42,237
Median home value	$408,300	$167,100
Housing units	53	34
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	37.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hardy	Sun River
Population	69 → 65 (-5.8%)	56 → 62 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$54,643 → $78,333 (+43.4%)	$39,250 → $42,237 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$350,000 → $408,300 (+16.7%)	$142,500 → $167,100 (+17.3%)

Hardy

Population

6965

Median household income

$54,643$78,333

Median home value

$350,000$408,300

Sun River

Population

5662

Median household income

$39,250$42,237

Median home value

$142,500$167,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hardy	Sun River
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	64.6%	64.5%
75 and over	26.2%	25.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hardy	Sun River
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+

	Hardy	Sun River
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.5%	89.3%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	10.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hardy	Sun River
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Hardy	Sun River
1-unit, detached	100.0%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Hardy	Sun River
Poverty rate	15.4%	0.0%
Average household size	1.81	1.82
Median year structure built	1959	1938