Malmstrom AFB vs Sun Prairie

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

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

Malmstrom AFB has the higher population (4,191 vs 1,514 in Sun Prairie). Malmstrom AFB has the higher median household income ($64,079 vs $61,004 in Sun Prairie). Since 2019, Malmstrom AFB's population has grown faster (+0.3% vs -11.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Malmstrom AFB	Sun Prairie
Population	4,191	1,514
Median age	22.4 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,079	$61,004
Median home value	—	$156,800
Median gross rent	$1,195	—
Housing units	1,230	638
Homeownership rate	1.4%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malmstrom AFB	Sun Prairie
Population	4,179 → 4,191 (+0.3%)	1,717 → 1,514 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$51,410 → $64,079 (+24.6%)	$52,832 → $61,004 (+15.5%)
Median home value	—	$150,700 → $156,800 (+4.0%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,195 (+19.9%)	—

Malmstrom AFB

Population

4,1794,191

Median household income

$51,410$64,079

Median gross rent

$997$1,195

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)

	Malmstrom AFB	Sun Prairie
Under 5	16.0%	9.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	10.2%
18 to 24	27.5%	12.1%
25 to 34	23.3%	7.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	5.0%
45 to 54	1.5%	17.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	19.2%
75 and over	0.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malmstrom AFB	Sun Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	59.8%	88.1%
Black or African American	8.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	1.6%
Asian	5.6%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malmstrom AFB	Sun Prairie
No high school diploma	0.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	11.8%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	50.4%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malmstrom AFB	Sun Prairie
Drove alone	67.3%	81.1%
Carpooled	21.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malmstrom AFB	Sun Prairie
1-unit, detached	15.3%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	66.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	49.7%

Poverty & households

	Malmstrom AFB	Sun Prairie
Poverty rate	8.0%	9.3%
Average household size	3.13	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	2004	1979