Boneau vs Fort Benton

A side-by-side comparison of Boneau and Fort Benton: population, income, housing, and more.

Boneau and Fort Benton are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Benton has the higher population (1,470 vs 284 in Boneau). Since 2019, Fort Benton's population has grown faster (-3.5% vs -19.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Boneau	Fort Benton
Population	284	1,470
Median age	41.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$67,171
Median home value	—	$201,900
Median gross rent	$303	$745
Housing units	92	732
Homeownership rate	32.5%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boneau	Fort Benton
Population	354 → 284 (-19.8%)	1,523 → 1,470 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$21,111 → $16,125 (-23.6%)	$44,318 → $67,171 (+51.6%)
Median home value	—	$155,200 → $201,900 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$254 → $303 (+19.3%)	$582 → $745 (+28.0%)

Boneau

Population

354284

Median household income

$21,111$16,125

Median gross rent

$254$303

Fort Benton

Population

1,5231,470

Median household income

$44,318$67,171

Median home value

$155,200$201,900

Median gross rent

$582$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boneau	Fort Benton
Under 5	1.8%	12.5%
5 to 17	18.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	12.7%	0.9%
25 to 34	16.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	6.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.1%
55 to 64	18.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	16.3%
75 and over	7.4%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boneau	Fort Benton
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	100.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boneau	Fort Benton
No high school diploma	52.1%	4.1%
High school graduate	40.1%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boneau	Fort Benton
Drove alone	70.9%	69.1%
Carpooled	22.7%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boneau	Fort Benton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Boneau	Fort Benton
Poverty rate	35.2%	3.0%
Average household size	3.69	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1991	1956