Boneau vs Square Butte

A side-by-side comparison of Boneau and Square Butte: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boneau has the higher population (284 vs 24 in Square Butte). Since 2019, Square Butte's population has grown faster (+71.4% vs -19.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Boneau	Square Butte
Population	284	24
Median age	41.3 yrs	68.4 yrs
Median gross rent	$303	—
Housing units	92	8
Homeownership rate	32.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boneau	Square Butte
Population	354 → 284 (-19.8%)	14 → 24 (+71.4%)
Median household income	$21,111 → $16,125 (-23.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$254 → $303 (+19.3%)	—

Boneau

Population

354284

Median household income

$21,111$16,125

Median gross rent

$254$303

Square Butte

Population

1424

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boneau	Square Butte
Under 5	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	4.2%
18 to 24	12.7%	16.7%
25 to 34	16.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	18.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	45.8%
75 and over	7.4%	20.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boneau	Square Butte
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	100.0%	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+

	Boneau	Square Butte
No high school diploma	52.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.1%	84.2%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boneau	Square Butte
Drove alone	70.9%	66.7%
Carpooled	22.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	33.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boneau	Square Butte
1-unit, detached	100.0%	37.5%
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%	62.5%

Poverty & households

	Boneau	Square Butte
Poverty rate	35.2%	0.0%
Average household size	3.69	4.00
Median year structure built	1991	2012